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Proposed Ubangian language family of Central Africa
Sere
Sereic, Ndogoic, Sere–Ndogo
Geographic
distribution
South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Linguistic classificationUbangian
  • Seri–Mba
    • Sere
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologsere1262

The Sere languages (also called the Ndogoic or Sere–Ndogo languages) are a proposed family of Ubangian languages spoken in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Several are endangered or extinct. The most populous Sere language is Ndogo of South Sudan, with about 30,000 speakers.

Traditionally classified as part of the Sere languages, FerogeMangayat and IndriTogoyo could be separate groups that may not belong within Sere.

Languages

Per Ethnologue 26, the structure of the family is as follows:

Sere
Feroge–Mangaya

Feroge

Mangayat

Indri–Togoyo

Indri

Togoyo

Sere–Bviri
Bai–Viri

Bai

Belanda Viri

Ndogo–Sere

Ndogo

Sere

Tagbu

Per Glottolog v4.8, the structure of the family is as follows:

Sereic
Feroge–Mangaya

Feroge

Mangayat

Sere–Indri
Indri–Togoyo

Indri

Togoyo

Sere–Bviri
Bai–Viri

Bai

Belanda Viri

Ndogo–Sere

Ndogo

Tagbu–Sere

Sere

Tagbu

Although the Sere–Bviri languages are clearly related to each other, it is not clear if they are related to FerogeMangayat and IndriTogoyo. The recently extinct Indri–Togoyo languages have pronouns that look Niger–Congo, and are not similar to those of the other languages.

References

  1. ^ Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. Vol. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9. S2CID 133888593.
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2023-07-10). "Glottolog 4.8 - Sereic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7398962. Archived from the original on 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
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