SUDANIC

Meaning of SUDANIC in English

[Su.dan.ic] n [the Sudan region] (1912): a group of languages neither Bantu nor Afro-Asiatic spoken in central and western Africa that were formerly considered a residual category and are now divided among the Niger-Congo and other families -- Sudanic adj

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

SUDANIC — I. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ik, -ēk adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from the Sudan + English -ic : sudanese II. noun Usage: capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUDANIC — /sooh dan"ik/ , adj. 1. (esp. in former systems of classification) of or pertaining to a residual category of African …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SUDANIC — Sudanic BrE AmE su ˈdæn ɪk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SUDANIC — Sudanic
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUDANIC — Sudanic
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUDANIC — Sudanic
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUDANIC — Sudanic
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WESTERN SUDANIC — noun Usage: usually capitalized W&S : a language family of West Africa to which were added the Bantu and Adamawa-Eastern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUDANIC LANGUAGES — African languages spoken from Ethiopia in the east to Nigeria in the west. Totally unrelated languages were included in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
EASTERN SUDANIC LANGUAGES — group of languages representing the most diverse of the four subbranches of the Chari-Nile branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. …
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CENTRAL SUDANIC LANGUAGES — group of languages spoken by various peoples in the southern Sudan, northeastern Zaire, northwestern Uganda, Chad, and the Central African …
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SHILLUK — People living on the western bank of the Nile in The Sudan. They speak an Eastern Sudanic language of the …
Английский словарь Британика
NUER — People of the marsh and savanna living on both banks of the Nile River in southern Sudan. They speak an …
Английский словарь Британика
NILOT — plural Nilotes Any member of a cluster of east-central African peoples living in southern Sudan, northern Uganda, and western Kenya. …
Английский словарь Британика
MAURITANIA — officially Islamic Republic of Mauritania Country, North Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. Area: 398,000 sq mi (1,030,700 …
Английский словарь Британика
DINKA — Cattle-herding people of the Nile basin in southern Sudan. They speak an eastern Sudanic language of the Nuer . Numbering …
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NILOTIC — I. (ˈ)nī|läd.]ik, -ät], ]ēk\ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin niloticus of the Nile, from nilotis, feminine adjective (from Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONE LANGUAGE — noun : a language (as Chinese, Sudanic, or Bantu) in which variations in tone are regularly used to distinguish words …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORU — ˈmō(ˌ)rü, ˈmȯ(ˌ)- noun ( plural moru or morus ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a people of the Sudan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SARA — cluster of peoples living on the fringe of the southern Sudan, especially in the northwestern regions of the Central African …
Britannica English vocabulary
NILO-SAHARAN LANGUAGES — group of languages presumed to be genetically interrelated, or descended from a common ancestral language. Joseph Greenberg proposed the Chari-Nile …
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NIGER-CONGO LANGUAGES — Distribution of the Niger-Congo languages. a family of languages of Africa, which in terms of the number of languages spoken, …
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MAURITANIA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a green field (background) with a central crescent and star. The flag has a width-to-length ratio …
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MANGBETU — also spelled Monbuttu peoples of central Africa living to the south of the Zande in northeastern Congo (Kinshasa). They speak …
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MADI — also spelled Ma'di, or Ma'adi Sudanic-speaking peoples who inhabit both banks of the Nile River in northwestern Uganda and in …
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ITURI FOREST — French Fort de L'ituri, tropical rainforest in central Africa that forms the northeastern section of the huge tropical forest covering …
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ISLAMIC WORLD — prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islam is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to …
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CHARI-NILE LANGUAGES — also called Macro-sudanic Languages, branch of the Nilo-Saharan family of languages spoken in an area extending from southern Egypt to …
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CAMEROON, MOUNT — French Mont Cameroun, volcanic massif of southwestern Cameroon, rising to a height of 13,435 feet (4,095 m) and extending 14 …
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AFRICAN LANGUAGESADDITIONAL READING — Istvan Fodor, The Problems in the Classification of the African Languages: Methodological and Theoretical Conclusions Concerning the Classification System of …
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NILO-SAHARAN LANGUAGES — Group of perhaps 115 African languages spoken by more than 27 million people from Mali to Ethiopia and from southernmost …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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