1. Sudanic - Adjective
2. Sudanic - Proper noun
A polyphyletic grouping of African languages spoken in the Sahel, now widely considered to be inaccurate.
A proposed subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan languages, usually consisting of the Central Sudanic and Eastern Sudanic languages.
Sudanic (not comparable)
Relating to these languages or the people who speak them.
A historical reconstruction of West Sudanic was published in 1927, and in his 1935 'Charakter und Einteilung der Sudansprachen' he conclusively established the relationship between Bantu and West Sudanic. Source: Internet
From the 11th century, by which time the rulers of the Sudanic empires had embraced Islam, it spread south into the northern areas of contemporary Ivory Coast. Source: Internet
From the eleventh century, by which time the rulers of the Sudanic empires had embraced Islam, it spread south into the northern areas of contemporary Ivory Coast. citation. Source: Internet
His most important later publication Die westlichen Sudansprachen 1927a divided these into East and West Sudanic languages and laid the basis for what would become Niger–Congo. Source: Internet
The Bantuist Meinhof made a major distinction between Bantu and a 'Semi-Bantu' group which according to him was originally of the unrelated Sudanic stock. Source: Internet
There is little doubt that the constituent families of Nilo-Saharan—of which only Eastern Sudanic and Central Sudanic show much internal diversity—are valid groups. Source: Internet