Kordofanian

Japanese: Kordofanian
Kordofanian

…Congo-Kordofanian is the largest language group in Africa, found throughout almost all of sub-Saharan Africa, from the western tip of West Africa to East Africa and even South Africa. It is divided into the Niger-Congo and Kordofanian languages. The former is a large language group that includes the Bantu languages ​​(Swahili is one of them), which are well known in Japan, while the latter is a small language group concentrated in the Kordofan Mountains of Sudan, and consists of five groups: Heiban, Talodi, Rashad, Kadugli, and Katla. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kordofanian" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…コンゴ・コルドファン語族Congo‐Kordofanianともいう。アフリカ最大の言語グループで,西アフリカの西端から,東アフリカ,さらには南アフリカに至る,サハラ以南のほぼ全域に分布している。ニジェール・コンゴ語派と,コルドファン語派Kordofanianとに下位区分される。前者は日本で一般にもよく知られているバントゥー諸語(スワヒリ語はその中の一言語)などを含む大言語群であるが,後者はスーダンのコルドファン山地に集中する中小の言語群で,ヘイバンHeiban,タローディTalodi,ラシャドRashad,カードゥグリKadugli,カトラKatlaの5グループから成っている。…

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