1. Kordofanian - Noun
2. Kordofanian - Adjective
a group of languages spoken in the relatively small Kordofan area of the south Sudan
Source: WordNetOne reason for this is that it is not clear whether Kordofanian was the first branch to diverge from rest of Niger–Congo. Source: Internet
Major clades The traditional branches and major languages of the Niger–Congo family are: Williamson & Blench (2000) * Kordofanian languages : spoken in southern central Sudan, around the Nuba Mountains (not a single family). Source: Internet
Many classifications continue to place Kordofanian as the most distant branch, but mainly due to negative evidence (fewer lexical correspondences), rather than positive evidence that the other languages form a valid genealogical group. Source: Internet
Other branches lacking any trace of the noun-class system are Dogon and Ijaw, whereas the Talodi branch of Kordofanian does have cognate noun classes, suggesting that Kordofanian is also not a unitary group. Source: Internet
The Kordofanian languages have not been shown to be more distantly related than other branches of Niger–Congo, however, nor have they been shown to constitute a valid group. Source: Internet
Today, linguists often use "Niger–Congo" to refer to this entire family, including Kordofanian as a subfamily. Source: Internet