Komuz languages

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The Komuz languages (term contracted from Koma and Gumuz ) are a group of relatively little researched languages ​​in Africa that are spoken on both sides of the Sudanese - Ethiopian border. They are placed in the hypothetical family of Nilo-Saharan languages . The Koma languages ​​form a subgroup of the Komuz languages .

structure

  • Gumuz [guk] (approx. 160,000 speakers)
  • Coma languages:
    • Uduk [udu] (also Twampa; approx. 20,000 speakers)
    • Kwama [kmq] (approx. 15,000 speakers)
    • Komo [xom] (also Koma ; approx. 11,500 speakers)
    • Opuuo [lgn] (also Shita; approx. 300 speakers)
    • Gule [gly] (extinct)

According to Bender (2000), however, Gumuz and the coma languages ​​do not form a genetic unit, although the same author had previously combined both.

literature

  • Mary S. Beam et al. A. Elizabeth Cridland: Uduk-English dictionary . University of Khartoum, 1970.
  • M. Lionel Bender: Gumuz: a sketch of grammar and lexicon . In: Africa and overseas . Volume 62, Issue 1, 1979, pp. 38-69.
  • M. Lionel Bender: Proto-Koman phonology and lexicon . In: Africa and overseas . Volume 66, Issue 2, 1983, pp. 259-297.
  • M. Lionel Bender: The Nilo-Saharan Languages. A comparative essay . LINCOM Europe, Munich 1996.
  • M. Lionel Bender: Nilo-Saharan . In: Bernd Heine u. Derek Nurse (Ed.): African Languages. An introduction . Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 43-73.

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