单词 | sudanic |
释义 | Sudanicadj.n. A. adj. Of, belonging to, or relating to Sudan or its inhabitants; spec. to a proposed family of languages spoken in the Sahelian region of Africa, which includes languages now considered members of the Niger-Congo or Nilo-Saharan language families. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > Central African lands Nigritian1757 Sudanic1802 Sudanese1853 Mozambican1875 Nigerian1876 Zanzibari1884 Rhodesian1892 Chadian1960 Katangese1962 Tanzanian1964 Lagosian1967 Namibian1968 Malawian1970 Zairean1973 Zairois1973 Zairese1974 the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [adjective] > Sudanic Sudanic1802 Nigritic1896 1802 Jrnl. F. Horneman's Trav. iii. 72 The song of these Fezzan girls is Soudanic [Ger. sudanisch]. 1912 D. Westermann Shilluk People i. 32 Numerous Shilluk-words, which most probably are Sudanic, are found in languages generally counted as Hamitic. 1972 J. Biggs-Davison Africa iii. 24 The Sudanic economy was mainly rural and pastoral. 2016 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 17 Mar. Bantu dialects have linkages with the Nilo-Hamitic and the Sudanic languages. B. n. The proposed Sudanic language family; a language in this family. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Sudanic Nubian1605 Sudanic1817 Lugbara1921 Uduk1932 Pokot1951 1817 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 222/1 The inhabitants of Timbuctoo speak a mixture of Arabic and Soudanic. 1931 C. K. Meek Sudanese Kingdom iv. 184 Mlle. Homburge has recently written a paper attempting to prove a close connection between Ancient Egyptian, Fulani, Sudanic, and Bantu. 1997 G. Arnold Resources Third World (2013) (e-book ed.) Sudan... Language(s). Arabic (official),..Sudanic, English. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.n.1802 |
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