Southern Eastern Sudanic languages
The Southern Eastern Sudanic, Eastern n Sudanic, En Sudanic or Kir–Abbaian languages form one of two primary divisions of the Eastern Sudanic languages in the classification of Bender. It is rejected as an established group in Starostin.
The Southern Eastern Sudanic languages are characterized by having an /n/ in the pronoun "I/me", as opposed to the Northern Eastern Sudanic languages, which have a /k/. The best known Southern Eastern Sudanic language group, as well as the largest, is Nilotic, which includes such languages as Maasai.Southern Eastern Sudanic roots
offers fifteen possible En Sudanic innovations.
| English | Proto-En-Sudanic
| Surmic | Eastern Jebel | Temein | Daju | Nilotic |
| fire | *ma | Majang
maaɗ | Eastern Jebel
maʔa, mɔɔ | --- | Daju
*maas | Nilotic
*mat, *mac |
| neck | *ŋOr- | Majang
ŋool | Eastern Jebel
ŋal | Temein
ŋalo | Daju
*ŋaas- | Nilotic
*ŋut |
| white-yellow | *pVr | Murle
fɔɔr | Gaam
bɔɔr | Temein
fʊr | ---- | Dinka-Nuer
bor |
| steal | *gOl | Majang
agal | Gaam
gəəɬ | Temein proper
agul | Logorik
eguxo | Nilotic
*kuOl |
