Editing Nilo-Saharan languages (section)

===Bender 2000===
By 2000 Bender had entirely abandoned the Chari–Nile and Komuz branches. He also added Kunama back to the "Satellite–Core" group and simplified the subdivisions therein. He retracted the inclusion of [[Shabo language|Shabo]], stating that it could not yet be adequately classified but might prove to be Nilo-Saharan once sufficient research has been done. This tentative and somewhat conservative classification held as a sort of standard for the next decade.<ref name="Bender (2000)">{{cite book |author-link=Lionel Bender (linguist) |first=Lionel |last=Bender |year=2000 |chapter=Nilo-Saharan |editor-first=Bernd |editor-last=Heine |editor2-first=Derek |editor2-last=Nurse |title=African Languages: An Introduction |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-66178-1 }}</ref>

{{clade
|label1=Nilo-Saharan
|1={{clade
|1=[[Songhay languages|Songhay]]
|2=[[Saharan languages|Saharan]]
|3=[[Kuliak languages|Kuliak]]
|label4=Satellite–Core
|4={{clade
|1=[[Maban languages|Maban]]
|2=[[Fur languages|Fur]]
|3=[[Central Sudanic languages|Central Sudanic]]
|4=[[Berta languages|Berta]]
|5=[[Kunama languages|Kunama]]
|label6=Core
|6={{clade
|1=[[Eastern Sudanic languages|Eastern Sudanic]]
|2=[[Koman languages|Koman]]
|3=[[Gumuz languages|Gumuz]]
|4=[[Kadu languages|Kadu]]
}}
}}
}}
}}