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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small group of related languages spoken in Sudan and forming a branch of the Niger-Congo language family.

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

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

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Kordofan +‎ -ian

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