Northern Eastern Sudanic languages

Northern Eastern Sudanic
Northern Eastern Sudanic
Astaboran
(undemonstrated)
Geographic; distribution	Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Chad
Linguistic classification	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Northern Eastern Sudanic; ;
Subdivisions	Nubian; Nara; Taman; Nyima; Meroitic †;
Glottolog	None

The Northern Eastern Sudanic, Eastern k Sudanic, Ek Sudanic, NNT or Astaboran languages may form a primary division of the yet-to-be-demonstrated Eastern Sudanic family. They are characterised by having a /k/ in the first person singular pronoun "I/me", as opposed to the Southern Eastern Sudanic languages, which have an /n/. Nyima has yet to be conclusively linked to the other languages, and would appear to be the closest relative of Ek Sudanic rather than Ek Sudanic proper.

The most well-known language of this group is Nubian. According to Claude Rilly, the ancient Meroitic language appears on limited evidence to be closest to languages of this group.

A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Eastern Sudanic has also been proposed by Rilly (2010: 347–349).

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