Kunama

Japanese: Kunama
Kunama

…The subdivisions are (1) Songhai, Songhai (Djerma), etc., of the middle Niger River basin; (2) Saharan (Kanuri, Bornu, Nigeria; Teda, Daza, etc., of the Sahara; (3) Maban, Maba (Wadai, Chad); (4) Fur, Darfur, Sudan; (5) Koman, Ethiopia-Sudan border region; and (6) Chari-Nile. The Shari-Nile group is the largest branch of the family and is further divided into (a) Eastern Sudanic, (b) Central Sudanic, Chad, Central Africa, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Sudan; (c) Kunama, Eritrea; and (d) Berta, Sudan-Ethiopia border region. All the languages ​​in this family are tonal languages, with pitch accents.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…下位区分には,(1)ニジェール川中流域のソンガイ語,ジェルマ語などのソンガイ語群Songhai,(2)ナイジェリアのボルヌ地方のカヌリ語,サハラのテダ語,ダザ語などの属するサハラ語群Saharan,(3)チャドのワダイ地方のマバ語群Maban,(4)スーダンのダルフール地方のフール語Fur,(5)エチオピア・スーダン国境地帯のコマ語群Koman,(6)シャリ・ナイル諸語Chari‐Nileがある。シャリ・ナイルグループは,この語族最大の分枝であり,さらに(a)東スーダン諸語Eastern Sudanic,(b)チャド,中央アフリカ,コンゴ民主共和国からスーダン西部の中央スーダン諸語Central Sudanic,(c)エリトリアのクナマ語群Kunama,(d)スーダン・エチオピア国境のベルタ語群Bertaに細分されている。 この語族の言語はすべて,音の高低によるアクセントをもつ音調言語である。…

※「Kunama」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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