Southern Eastern Sudanic languages
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The Southern Eastern Sudanic, Eastern n Sudanic, En Sudanic or Kir–Abbaian languages form one of two primary divisions of the Eastern Sudanic languages in the classification of Bender (2000). It is rejected as an established group in Starostin (2015).
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Southern Eastern Sudanic | |
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Kir–Abbaian | |
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Geographic distribution | Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda |
Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan?
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Glottolog | None |
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The Southern Eastern Sudanic languages are characterized by having an /n/ in the pronoun "I/me", as opposed to the Northern Eastern Sudanic languages, which have a /k/. The best known Southern Eastern Sudanic language group, as well as the largest, is Nilotic, which includes such languages as Maasai.