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A. General

Paper/graphic Title Date
Nilo-Saharan language classification n.d.
Besprechungsartikel. The classification of Nilo-Saharan. Afrika und �bersee, 83:293-307. Review of Ehret (2001) 2002
Nilo-Saharan language map n.d.
Was there a now-vanished branch of Nilo-Saharan on the Dogon Plateau? Evidence from substrate vocabulary in Bangime and Dogon. �MOTHER TONGUE, Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory, In Memory of Harold Crane Fleming (1926-2015).� XX: 73-89 2015

I have prepared three papers discussing the evidence for a Niger-Saharan macrophylum, i.e. one which would unite Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo. These papers have been synthesised in a single document, a book manuscript I am (slowly) preparing. These can be downloaded as follows;

Title Status Date
Niger-Saharan 1 (1992) Published 1995
Niger-Saharan 2 (1998) never published
Niger-Saharan 3 (2001) Published 2007
Niger-Saharan Book in progress n.d.

A. Kuliak

Title Status/Date
So dictionary. Ms. prepared by Bernd Heine & Eithne Carlin, edited by Roger Blench Unpublished
Segment reversal in Kuliak and its relationship to Nilo-Saharan. Unpublished paper. 2017

B. Kadu

Title Date Status
The Kadu languages and their affiliation: between Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic. Insights into Nilo-Saharan Language, History and Culture. Al-Amin Abu-Manga, L. Gilley & A. Storch eds. 101-127. K�ln: R�diger K�ppe. 2006 Published
Katcha dictionary. Prepared by Roger Blench from materials left by Roland Stevenson Unpublished
Kayigang wordlist Unpublished
Kadu wordlists Prepared by Roger Blench from materials left by Roland Stevenson Unpublished

C. Eastern Sudanic

Date Title Status
2020 Morphological Evidence for the Coherence of East Sudanic. Dotawo 7: Comparative Northern East Sudanic Linguistics. Currently available online only. Published
East Sudanic language map Published

Temein page

Tama

Title Status
Tama group lexicon Edgar ms. Unpublished

Nilotic

Title
Dinka English dictionary
English Dinka dictionary
Mabaan dictionary

D. Maban

Date Title Status
2021 The Maban languages Unpublished

E. Central Sudanic

Title Status
Core and peripheral noun morphology in Central Sudanic languages. Paper for proceedings of 13th Nilo-Saharan Conference, University of Addis Ababa, 6th May, 2017. Moges Yigezu ed. Submitted 2018
Central Sudanic language map Published
Central Sudanic overview Unpublished

F. Saharan

Title Status/Date
Manga dictionary Unpublished
Beria dictionary. Compliled from multiple sources by Roger Blench Unpublished

G. Songhay

Title Status/Date
Saharan and Songhay form a branch of Nilo-Saharan. Unpublished paper presented at the Afrikanistentag. K�ln, 1st June 2012 2012

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