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* ''Woŋom-Baan languages'' (sometimes considered as a sub-group of the Tlengastic branch), including Woŋom, Baan, and Selmeš. | * ''Woŋom-Baan languages'' (sometimes considered as a sub-group of the Tlengastic branch), including Woŋom, Baan, and Selmeš. | ||
These four languages are part of the so-called Subpolar Evandor Sprachbund, sharing features among them and with a few neighboring Kordegic languages and the easternmost rural dialects of | These four languages are part of the so-called Subpolar Evandor Sprachbund, sharing features among them and with a few neighboring Kordegic languages and the easternmost rural dialects of Gathura.<br/> | ||
The other two branches are spoken by groups that migrated southwards in prehistoric times: | The other two branches are spoken by groups that migrated southwards in prehistoric times: | ||
* ''Šlokhowdeš'' is an isolate among the larger Lahob family, spoken in a hilly area in the Baran river basin in north-central Greater Evandor. Probably it is the only surviving language of a formerly larger branch. | * ''Šlokhowdeš'' is an isolate among the larger Lahob family, spoken in a hilly area in the Baran river basin in north-central Greater Evandor. Probably it is the only surviving language of a formerly larger branch. | ||