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==Comparative vocabulary== Sample basic vocabulary of the Heiban, Talodi, [[Rashad languages|Rashad]], and Lafofa branches: ''Note'': In table cells with slashes, the singular form is given before the slash, while the plural form follows the slash. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%" ! Language !! eye !! ear !! nose !! tooth !! tongue !! mouth !! blood !! bone !! tree !! water !! eat !! name |- | Proto-[[Heiban languages|Heiban]]<ref>Schadeberg, Thilo C. 1981. A Survey of Kordofanian. Volume 1: The Heiban Group. Hamburg: Helmut Buske.</ref> || *ay / g-,j- || *-aani || *-ad̪alo / g-,j-; g-,n- || *-ŋad̪ / li-,j- || *-ŋela; *-iŋla ? / D-,d- || *-uuɲu || *-win / ŋ- || *-uya / li-,ŋu- (WC); *-uɲ / ʔ-,j- (E) || *-aaɽe / gu-,j- (WC) || *-aw / ŋ- || *-id̪d̪- || *-iriɲ / j- |- | Proto-[[Talodi languages|Talodi]]<ref>Norton, Russell, and Thomas Kuku Alaki. 2015. The Talodi Languages: A Comparative-Historical Analysis. Occasional papers in the study of Sudanese languages 11:31-161.</ref> || *c-it / k- || *k-ɛnu / 0- || *k-ə-ɲɟɛ / 0-,n- || *c-ə-ɲit / k- || *tʊ̪ -ləŋɛ / ḷə- || *t-̪ ɔn̪ / ḷ- || *ŋ-ɪccʊk || *c-ə-mma-ɲan̪ / m- || *p-ɪda / k- || *ŋ-ɪḷ,-ɪḷɪ || *ḷə-ɡɔ || *k-ə-ḷəŋan / 0- (or *...n̪) |- | Proto-[[Katloid languages|Katloid]]<ref>Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. 2019 (in press). [https://www.academia.edu/38151458/Reconstructing_Katloid_and_deconstructing_Kordofanian Reconstructing Katloid and deconstructing Kordofanian]. In: Schneider-Blum et al. (eds.): ''Nuba Mountain Languages Studies'' 3. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.</ref> || *g-ɪgɛd̪ || *-ɔnɔ || || *gɪ-lɛd̪ || *-laŋɛd̪ || || *i-ju(u) || || || || *-ʌ-lV- || |- | [[Tagoi language|Tagoi]]<ref name="Schadeberg2013">Schadeberg, Thilo. 2013. Rashad survey data. In Roger Blench & Thilo Schadeberg (eds), Nuba Mountain Language Studies. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe. pp.325-345.</ref> || yígət / ŋə́gət || fənín / fənédit || yídir / ŋə́dər || tíɲən / ŋə́ɲən || táŋə́lak / yáŋə́lágɒt || kajər / hájɛrət || ŋɔ́y || kuh / huh || kafɔ́ / hafɔ́ || ŋay || yɛk || pəŋən / fəŋən |- | Turjok<ref name="Schadeberg2013"/> || íŋgət / ŋ̀gət || fəniín / fəníínət || indər / ŋəndər || M. tiɲin / ŋiɲin || taŋəlk / yaŋəlak ~ yaŋəlɒgɔt || kiɲjɛr / siɲjɛr(g)ɔt || ŋɔ́y || kus / sus || kafɔ / safɔ́ || ŋaay || || pɛŋɛn / sɛŋɛn |- | [[Tegali language|Tagom]]<ref name="Schadeberg2013"/> || ŋgə́t̚ / ŋgə́de || nu ~ nũũ / núun ~ anuun || ndr̀ / ndr̀re || ɲîn / ɲîne || aŋa / aŋún || ̩ɲjár / (a)ɲjáre || óyá / óyo̍n || uru / urûn || lás / lásɛ || ega || yɛk || ɛŋɛn / ɛŋɛnɛ́ɛn |- | [[Tegem language|Tegem]]<ref name="Blench2016">Blench, Roger. 2016. ''[http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/Kordofanian/Tegem/Tegem%20Amira%20Blench.pdf Tegem-Amira: a previously unrecognised subgroup of Niger-Congo]''.</ref> || ṭ-ì, ʤ-ì / m- || || kә́-ràŋ(ì) / a- || ṭ-ɛ̀ɲ(ì) / k- || l-iәŋ(ì) || k-ɛɲi / ɛɲi || ɲɪ̀ || ṭ-uɔ̀m(ì) / m- || kuwö(ì) / bɔɔ(ì) || ɲìì || kɪ́rɪ̀k || ku-ruwә̀ŋ / a- |- | [[Amira language|El Amira]]<ref name="Blench2016"/> || lilaŋ / ɲimaŋ || || wimu || t-aɲ / k- || liŋ || kiɲ || ɲi || tuwam || kwa || ɲi || palith || |} ===Numerals=== Comparison of numerals in individual languages:<ref name="ChanNumeralsNC">{{Cite web|url=https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Niger-Congo.htm|title=The Niger-Congo Language Phylum|last=Chan|first=Eugene|publisher=Numeral Systems of the World's Languages|date=2019}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%" ! Classification !! Language !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 |- | Katla || [[ISO 639:kcr|Katla]] || ʈíʈʌ́k || cík || ʌ̀t̪ʌ́t̪ || ʌ̀ɡʌ́lʌ̀m || ɟɔ́ɡ͡bə́lɪ́n || ɟɔ́lʈɪ́n || ɟɔ́lɪ́k || t̪ʌ́ŋɡɪ̀l || ɟʌ́lbʌ̀ʈɪ́n || ràk͡pác |- | Katla || [[ISO 639:tms|Tima]] || ʌt̪een / at̪ɪɪn || iheek || ihwʌy || ihʌlʌm || iduliin || ɪntədakwalɔŋ || ɪnt̪at̪ɪŋɛɛl || ɪnt̪ɪŋɛrɛy || int̪ʌhʌdʌkun || ihedʌkún |- | Rashad || [[ISO 639:tag|Tagoi (Orig)]] || -wàttá / ùttá || wùkkók || wìttá || wàrʊ̀m || wʊ̧ràm || ɲérér || ʊ̀mʊ̀rɡʊ́ || tùppá || kʊ́mnàsá(n) || kʊ́mán |- | Rashad || [[ISO 639:ras|Tegali]] || m̪t̪a || rəkkʊ / rʊkkʊ || d̪akt̪a / d̪at̪t̪a || aːrəm || ʊmmə || ɲeˑɽe || ʊmmərkʊ || duˑpˑa || fəŋɪsan || fəŋən |- | Heiban || [[ISO 639:wrn|Warnang (Werni/Wernang)]] || ŋɔ̀ʈʈɔ́r || ŋèrccáccény || ŋèrráttén || ŋèlàmlàŋ || ŋera ŋoʈʈor || ŋera ŋoʈʈor ŋemabolo ŋoʈʈor (5+1?) || ŋera ŋoʈʈor ŋemabolo ŋèrccáccény (5+2?) || ŋelamlaaŋɔ (4 x 2 ?) || ŋera ŋoʈʈor wanoe (1- ?) || kiccukurrɐ |- | Heiban || [[ISO 639:mor|Moro]] || ɡónto || lə́ɡə́tʃan || lə́ɡɪ́tʃɪn || márlon || ðénə́ŋ || ðénə́ŋ nəɡónto (5+ 1) || ðénə́ŋ lə́ɡə́tʃan (5+ 2) || ðénə́ŋ lə́ɡɪ́tʃan (5+ 3) || ðénə́ŋ nəmárlon (5+ 4) || rɛ́θ |- | Heiban || [[ISO 639:tic|Tira]] || kɛ̀nːɛ || kɪ̀ɽɪcàn || kɪ̀ɽɪcɪ́n || maɬɽʊ̀ || ðɛ́nɛ̀ || ɽɪ̀cín ɽɪ̀cɪ̀n (3+3) || maɬɽʊ kɪ̀ɽɪcɪ̀n (4+3) || ɔ́bːɔ̀ || ðɛ́nɛ̀ n̪maɬɽʊ̀ (5+4) || ʊ́rːɪ̀ |- | Heiban || [[ISO 639:lro|Laro]] || kʷɛ̀tɛ̀ || rɔ́m || tə̀ɽìl || kʷɔ̀ɾɔ̀ŋɔ́ || tʊ̀dìní || ɲə̀rlə̀l || kʷɔ̀ɾátə̀ɾìl (4+3) || ɗúbə̀ || tʊ̀dìní kʷɔ̀ɾɔ̀ŋɔ́ (5+ 4) || dí |- | Heiban || [[ISO 639:otr|Otoro]] || wɛ̀dɔ́ŋ || kútèn || t̪èɽel || kɔ̀ɽɔŋ || t̪ɔ̀ðːnɛ || ɲɛ̄ɽɛl || kɔ̀ɽɔ t̪eɽel (4+3) || dúbə || t̪ɔ́ðːnɛ́ kɔ̀ɽɔŋ (5+ 4) || dìː |- | Heiban || [[ISO 639:kib|Koalib]] (1) || kwɛ́t:ɛ || kwiɽín || tɛjɪɾ || kɔɽŋɔn || tuðní || ɲiɾlíl || kunəðɗuβə || ɗuβaβuŋa || kunəðɗi || ɗí |- | Heiban || [[ISO 639:kib|Koalib]] (2) || -ɛ̀t̪t̪ɛ̀ || -iɽɐn || tɔɔɽɔl || twaɽŋan || toðne || ɲerlel || ɗòvɔ̀kkwóɽɔ̀n || ɗòvɔ̀kkwóppà || kwúnɐ̀ttùrrí || rúi |- | Talodi || [[ISO 639:dec|Dagik]] || j-ɜlːʊ || j-ɛːɽa || j-ɜt̪ːɜk̚ || bɽandɔ || si-s-ɜlːʊ (litː one hand) || na-j-ɜlːʊ (5 + 1) || na j-ɛːɽa (5 + 2) || na j-ɜt̪ːɜk̚ (5 + 3) || na bɽandɔ (5 + 4) || n̪ipɽa |- | Talodi || [[ISO 639:acz|Acheron]] || bulluk || weɽʌk || wʌt̪t̪ʌk || bɽando || zəɡuŋ zulluk (lit: 'one hand') || zəɡuŋ zulluk na bulluk (5 + 1) || zəɡuŋ zulluk na weɽʌk (5 + 2) || zəɡuŋ zulluk na wʌt̪t̪ʌk (5 + 3) || zəɡuŋ zulluk na bɽando (5 + 4) || ɡurruŋ |- | Talodi || [[ISO 639:lmd|Lumun]] || cʊ́lʊ́kʊ̂ || mɛ̀ɽá || mɽaβʊ́ɾʊ̀k || mɔ́ʲɔ̀ɽɪ̀n || mʊ́ɣʊ́lʊ̀k || mɽakʊ́ɾʊ̀k || mɛ́ɽɛ̀ɽàβʊ́ɾʊ̂k ( 3) ? || mámɔ̀ɾmɔ̀ɾ (2 x 4) ? || mʊ́ɣʊ́lláʲɔ̀ɽɪ̀n (5 + 4) || mɑ̀tul |}
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