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Sudanic

/suːˈdæn.ɪk/

Sudanic proper noun: a polyphyletic grouping of African languages spoken in the Sahel, now widely considered to be inaccurate.

Proper noun

Sudanic

  1. A polyphyletic grouping of African languages spoken in the Sahel, now widely considered to be inaccurate.
  2. A proposed subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan languages, usually consisting of the Central Sudanic and Eastern Sudanic languages.

Adjective

Sudanic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to these languages or the people who speak them.
    Synonyms:
    Sudanian

Synonyms of Sudanic

Origin of Sudanic

From Sudan + -ic.

Words formed from Sudanic

Words that rhyme with Sudanic

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Questions about Sudanic

What does Sudanic mean?
Sudanic means a polyphyletic grouping of African languages spoken in the Sahel, now widely considered to be inaccurate.
What part of speech is Sudanic?
Sudanic can be a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Sudanic?
Sudanic is pronounced /suːˈdæn.ɪk/.

Words near Sudanic in the dictionary

  1. sudangrass
  2. sudangrasses
  3. Sudani
  4. Sudanian
  5. Sudanians
  6. Sudanic
  7. Sudanis
  8. Sudanism
  9. Sudanist
  10. Sudanists
  11. Sudanization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sudanic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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