Appendix:Proto-Niger-Saharan reconstructions

Niger-Saharan, a language macrofamily linking the Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan phyla, was proposed by Blench (2006). It is highly controversial and not accepted by mainstream linguistics.

Classification

 * Proto-Niger-Saharan
 * Songhay, Saharan, Maba, Fur, Kuliak, Berta, Kunama, Komuz, Shabo
 * Kado-Sudanic
 * Kado (Kadugli-Krongo)
 * Niger-Sudanic
 * East Sudanic
 * Niger-Central Sudanic
 * Central Sudanic
 * Niger-Congo

Typological features
According to Blench (2006), typological features common to both Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan include:
 * Phonology: ATR vowel harmony and the labial-velars /kp/ and /gb/
 * Noun-class affixes: e.g., ma- affix for mass nouns in Nilo-Saharan
 * Verbal extensions and plural verbs

Lexicon
Proto-Niger-Saharan quasi-reconstructions proposed by Blench (2006):