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Kordofanian

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to a geographic grouping of three to five language families spoken in the Nuba hills of Kordofan Province, Sudan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

a group of languages spoken in the relatively small Kordofan area of the south Sudan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language

History

Etymology

From Kordofan + -ian.