Editing Nilo-Saharan languages (section)

===Blench 2006===
{{See also|Niger–Congo languages#Niger–Congo and Nilo-Saharan}}
'''Niger-Saharan''', a language macrofamily linking the Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan phyla, was proposed by [[w:Roger Blench|Blench]] (2006).<ref>Blench, Roger. 2006. [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Nilo-Saharan/General/Niger-Saharan%20book.pdf ''The Niger-Saharan Macrophylum''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126121641/http://rogerblench.info/Language/Nilo-Saharan/General/Niger-Saharan%20book.pdf |date=2013-11-26 }}.</ref> It was not accepted by other linguists. Blench's (2006) internal classification of the Niger-Saharan macrophylum is as follows:

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*Proto-Niger-Saharan
**[[Songhay languages|Songhay]], [[Saharan languages|Saharan]], [[Maban languages|Maba]], [[Fur languages|Fur]], [[Kuliak languages|Kuliak]], [[Berta language|Berta]], [[Kunama language|Kunama]], [[Komuz languages|Komuz]], [[Shabo language|Shabo]]
**Kado-Sudanic
***[[Kadu languages|Kado]] (Kadugli-Krongo)
***Niger-Sudanic
****[[East Sudanic languages|East Sudanic]]
****Niger-Central Sudanic
*****[[Central Sudanic languages|Central Sudanic]]
*****[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]]
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According to Blench (2006), typological features common to both Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan include:
*Phonology: ATR vowel harmony and the labial-velars /kp/ and /gb/
*Noun-class affixes: e.g., ''ma''- affix for mass nouns in Nilo-Saharan
*Verbal extensions and plural verbs