Komuz languages
The Komuz languages are a family of languages along the Sudan-Ethiopia border. They are believed to belong to the Nilo-Saharan family, but opinions vary as to their position within it. They include, according to the Ethnologue:
- Gumuz
- Gumuz language (Ethiopia) - the largest, with 160,000 speakers
- Koman
- Uduk language, or Twampa, (formerly Sudan) - about 20,000 speakers, most at a large refugee camp at Bonga, near Gambela
- Kwama language (Ethiopia) - about 15,000 speakers, mainly in Benishangul-Gumaz
- Komo language (Sudan) - about 12,000 speakers mainly in An Nil al Azraq
- Opuuo language (Ethiopia) - spoken in 5 villages north of the Nuer by about 300 people
- Gule language (Sudan) - extinct
In addition, Shabo shows strong Koman influence, and it has been suggested that it may be a Koman language.