other Afroasiatic languages, may reflect inheritance from Old North African languages. Descendant Languages While possibly being Nilo-Saharan languages, the Nemadi and Dawada languages may also be descendant languages of the Old North African languages. Genetics may further inform the academic discussion about the connections between Old North African speakers and Nilo-Saharan speakers to the south of the Maghreb. Selected books 2000. Blench, R. M. & MacDonald, K. C., eds. The Origin and Development of African Livestock. London: University College Press. Sanchez-Mazas, Alicia; Blench, R. M. et al., eds. 2008. Human Migrations in Continental East Asia and Taiwan: matching archaeology, linguistics and genetics. London: Routledge. References External links Linguists from the United Kingdom Living people 1953 births Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Paleolinguists British Africanists Linguists of Southeast Asian languages Linguists of Nilo-Saharan languages Linguists of Nilotic languages Linguists of Niger–Congo languages Linguists of Afroasiatic languages Linguists of Sino-Tibetan languages Linguists of Shompen Linguists of Hrusish languages Linguists of Vazimba 20th-century linguists 21st-century linguists