Burun languages
| Burun | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | South Sudan, Sudan |
| Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan?
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| Glottolog | buru1301 (Northern Burun) |
The Burun languages are a branch of the Nilotic languages. They include:
- North Burun (Maiak, Kurmuk, Burun proper)
- South Burun (Mabaan, Ulu, Jumjum)
The languages were first described by Edward E. Evans-Pritchard in 1932. They are a dialect chain, close enough for some mutual intelligibility between neighboring varieties.
Most classifications include the family within the Western Nilotic branch, these include Starostin (2015),[1][2] Hammarström et al. (2016)[3] and Bender (2000). Blench (2012) classifies the family as a primary branch of Nilotic.[4]
References
- ^ Starostin, George (2015). Языки Африки. Опыт построения лексикостатистической классификации. Том II. Восточносуданские языки [The Languages of Africa: A New Lexicostatistical Classification.] (in Russian). Vol. II: The Eastern Sudanic Languages. Moscow: Languages of Slavic Culture. ISBN 9785457890718.
- ^ Starostin, George (2015) The Eastern Sudanic hypothesis tested through lexicostatistics: current state of affairs (Draft 1.0)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Western Nilotic". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Nilo-Saharan list (Blench 2012)