| kordofanian | (n) a group of languages spoken in the relatively small Kordofan area of the south Sudan |
| niger-kordofanian | (n) the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula), Syn. Niger-Kordofanian language |