I. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ik, -ēk adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from the Sudan + English -ic
: sudanese
II. noun
Usage: capitalized
: the languages neither Bantu nor Hamitic spoken in a belt extending from Senegal to southern Sudan one large part of which has been shown to be related and with Bantu to form the Niger-Congo family and another large part of which forms the Chari-Nile family