In a follow-up study published in 2017, Starostin reiterated his previous points as well as explicitly accepting a genetic relationship between Macro-East Sudanic and Macro-Central Sudanic. Starostin names this proposal "Macro-Sudanic". The classification is as follows.Starostin, Georgiy C. 2017. Языки Африки. Опыт построения лексикостатистической классификации. Т. 3. Нило-сахарские языки / Languages of Africa: an attempt at a lexicostatistical classification. Volume 3: Nilo-Saharan languages. Moscow: Издательский Дом ЯСК / LRC Press. 840 p.
In a follow-up study published in 2017, Starostin reiterated his previous points as well as explicitly accepting a genetic relationship between Macro-East Sudanic and Macro-Central Sudanic. Starostin names this proposal "Macro-Sudanic". The classification is as follows.Starostin, Georgiy C. 2017. Языки Африки. Опыт построения лексикостатистической классификации. Т. 3. Нило-сахарские языки / Languages of Africa: an: attempt at a lexicostatistical cla,ssificat,ion. Volume 3: Nilo-Saharan langu:ages. Moscow: Издательский Дом ЯСК / LRC Press. 840 p.