though it appears to be closest to it. (For one thing, its pronouns align well with the northern (Astaboran) branches.) Surmic, Nilotic, and Temein share a number of similarities, including in their pronouns, but not enough to warrant classifying them together in opposition to Astaboran without proper comparative work. Jebel and Daju also share many similarities with Surma and Nilotic, though their pronominal systems are closer to Astaboran. Inclusion of Kuliak and Berta is not supported. Similarities with Kuliak may be due to both being Nilo-Saharan families, whereas Berta and Jebel form a sprachbund. A similar classification was given in Starostin (2014): Tama-Nara-Nubian branch Tama Nara-Nubian Nara Nubian Surmic branch Northern Surmic (= Majang) Southern Surmic Southwest Surmic Southeast Surmic Nilotic branch Northern Nilotic Western Nilotic Eastern Nilotic Southern Nilotic Daju Nyimang Temein Jebel Blench (2019) Roger Blench (2019) proposes the following internal structure for East Sudanic, supported by morphological evidence. Dimmendaal & Jakobi (2020) Eastern Sudanic classification from Dimmendaal & Jakobi (2020:394): Numerals Comparison of numerals in individual languages (excluding Nilotic and Surmic languages): References Bibliography Bender, M. Lionel. 2000. "Nilo-Saharan". In: Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse (eds.), African Languages: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press. Bender, M. Lionel. 1981. "Some Nilo-Saharan isoglosses". In: Thilo Schadeberg, M. L. Bender (eds.), Nilo-Saharan: Proceedings of the First Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Leiden, Sept. 8-10, 1980. Dordrecht: Foris Publications. Temein languages (Roger Blench, 2007). Starostin, George. 2015. Proto-East Sudanic ʽtreeʼ on the East Sudanic tree. 10th Annual Conference on Comparative-Historical Linguistics (in memory of Sergei Starostin). Proposed language families