Sudanic

[ soo-dan-ik ]

adjective

1. (especially in former systems of classification) of or relating to a residual category of African languages including most of the non-Bantu and non-Hamitic languages of northern and central Africa: most now reclassified as part of the Niger-Congo subfamily.
2. of or relating to the Sudan or the Sudanese.

Sudanic

/ suːˈdænɪk /

noun

1. a group of languages spoken in scattered areas of the Sudan, most of which are now generally assigned to the Chari-Nile branch of the Nilo-Saharan family

adjective

1. relating to or belonging to this group of languages
2. of or relating to the Sudan

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sudanic¹

First recorded in 1920–25; Sudan + -ic

Example Sentences

He said the strain in the outbreak was Sudanic ebola, which has a 50-60 percent fatality rate.

From Reuters

You worked over in the Teda country, before joining my team, and speak the Sudanic dialects.

From Project Gutenberg

One looks with extreme interest at the beautiful pellucid drops of Sudanic gum, knowing that the Arabs bring some of it from the neighbourhood of Timbuctoo.

From Project Gutenberg

Gums.—Gum-arabic pays two dollars per quintal export duty, and gum sudanic an ad valorem duty of ten per cent.

From Project Gutenberg