Burun languages
| Burun | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: | South Sudan, Sudan |
| Linguistic classification: | |
| Glottolog: | buru1301[1] |
The Burun languages are a branch of the Nilotic languages. They had historically been classified among the Luo languages. They are:
- North Burun (Maiak, Mughaja, Kurmuk)
- South Burun (Mabaan, Ulu, Jumjum)
They are a dialect chain, close enough for some mutual intelligibility between neighboring varieties.
Most classifications include the family within the Western Nilotic branch (eg. Starostin (2015),[2][3] Hammarström et al. (2016),[4] Bender (2000)). However Blench (2012) classifies the family as a primary branch of Nilotic.[5]
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Burun". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Starostin, George (2015). Языки Африки. Опыт построения лексикостатистической классификации. Том II. Восточносуданские языки [The Languages of Africa: A New Lexicostatistical Classification.] (in Russian). 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)
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