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Surmic languages

The Surmic languages are a branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family.

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Geographic distribution
southwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan
Glottolog
surm1244
Linguistic classification
Eastern Sudanic?Southern Eastern?Surmic · Southern Eastern?Surmic · Surmic
Proto-language
Proto-Surmic
Subdivisions
Majang · South Surmic

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Languages

History of study

Phonology

Grammar

Reconstruction

Numerals

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Surmic languages

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples75
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Surmic languages

Top relations

related to Reconstruction · 20
Surmic languages → Abbink, Arensen, Ethnolinguistic, Lake Turkana, Majangir, Maji, Murle, Mursi, Omo River, Proto-Southeast Surmic, Proto-Southwest Surmic, Proto-Surmic, South West, Southwestern Ethiopia, Surmic, The, Tornay, Turton, Unseth, Yigezu
related to history · 15
Surmic languages → Abbink, An, Arensen, Bender, Bryant, Dimmendaal, Ethiopian Surmic, Fleming, Harold, Much, Murle, Surmic, The, Tirma, Unseth
related to Languages · 12
Surmic languages → According, BalesiNgaalamDidinga, Chai, ChaiSouthwest SurmicBaale, Evolutionary Anthropology, LongarimDidingaNarimMurleTennet, Max Planck Institute, MurleDidinga, MursiMursiTirma, OlamKacipo, Surmic, SurmicMajangSouth SurmicSoutheast SurmicKweguPastoral SurmicMe'enTirma
related to Grammar · 10
Surmic languages → Adjectives, Bryan, Fleming, Majang, Majangir, Number, Proto-Surmic, Southwest Surmic, The, Unseth
related to Phonology · 6
Surmic languages → All Surmic, Koegu, Kwegu, Me'en, Some, Surmic
related to Numerals · 4
Surmic languages → Comparison, One, Southeast Surmic, Surmic
Linguistic classification · 3
Surmic languages → Eastern Sudanic?Southern Eastern?Surmic, Southern Eastern?Surmic, Surmic
Subdivisions · 2
Surmic languages → Majang, South Surmic
Geographic distribution · 1
Surmic languages → southwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan
Glottolog · 1
Surmic languages → surm1244

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Important terminology

surmic languages unseth proto-surmic also majang south murle sudan ethiopia marking variety numerals eastern sudanic 1983 arensen 1998 abbink system

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Surmic languagesGeographic distributionsouthwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan1.00infobox
Surmic languagesGlottologsurm12441.00infobox
Surmic languagesLinguistic classificationEastern Sudanic?Southern Eastern?Surmic1.00infobox
Surmic languagesLinguistic classificationSouthern Eastern?Surmic1.00infobox
Surmic languagesLinguistic classificationSurmic1.00infobox
Surmic languagesProto-languageProto-Surmic1.00infobox
Surmic languagesSubdivisionsMajang1.00infobox
Surmic languagesSubdivisionsSouth Surmic1.00infobox
Surmic languagesrelated to GrammarThe0.60section
Surmic languagesrelated to GrammarUnseth0.60section
Surmic languagesrelated to GrammarNumber0.60section
Surmic languagesrelated to GrammarBryan0.60section

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