Kunama languages

The Kunama languages are a family of languages traditionally considered dialects of a single language, spoken in western Eritrea and across the border in Ethiopia. They are included as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. The languages are Kunama proper and Ilit.

Geographic
distributionEritrea, Ethiopia

Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?

• Maba–Kunama?
  • Kunama

Subdivisions

• Kunama
• Bitama-Ilit

Glottologkuna1268

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Kunama
Geographic distribution	Eritrea, Ethiopia
Linguistic classification	Nilo-Saharan? Maba–Kunama? Kunama
Subdivisions	Kunama Bitama-Ilit
Language codes
Glottolog	kuna1268

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