The Rashad languages form a small language family in the Nuba Hills of Sudan. Part of an erstwhile Kordofanian proposal, they are of uncertain position within the Niger-Congo family. It was at first thought that they shared the characteristic morphology of Niger-Congo, such as the noun-class system. However, only the Tagoi branch has noun classes, and Blench remarks that it appears to have been borrowed.

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  • The Rashad languages form a small language family in the Nuba Hills of Sudan. Part of an erstwhile Kordofanian proposal, they are of uncertain position within the Niger-Congo family. It was at first thought that they shared the characteristic morphology of Niger-Congo, such as the noun-class system. However, only the Tagoi branch has noun classes, and Blench remarks that it appears to have been borrowed. Thus he classifies Rashad as a divergent branch of Niger-Congo outside the Atlantic-Congo core. A similar situation holds for another Kordofanian family, Katla; these are not closely related to Rashad. The number of Rashad languages varies among descriptions, from two (Williamson & Blench 2000), three (Ethnologue), to eight (Blench ms, shown here).
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  • Tegali-Tagoi
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  • Tagoi
  • Tegali
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  • Niger-Congo
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  • Rashad
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  • The Rashad languages form a small language family in the Nuba Hills of Sudan. Part of an erstwhile Kordofanian proposal, they are of uncertain position within the Niger-Congo family. It was at first thought that they shared the characteristic morphology of Niger-Congo, such as the noun-class system. However, only the Tagoi branch has noun classes, and Blench remarks that it appears to have been borrowed.
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  • Rashad languages
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