Which languages are included in the Southern Nilotic group?

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Nilo-Saharan languages Distribution of the Nilo-Saharan languages.

Within the classification of Nilotic languages, which are a subbranch of the Nilo-Saharan languages, the Southern Nilotic group includes the following languages:

Omotik1
Datooga (also known as Tatoga)1
Kalenjin1

This classification follows a proposal by the Africanist Oswin Köhler. It is worth noting that the Eastern and Southern Nilotic groups are sometimes collectively referred to as Nilo-Hamitic or Para-Nilotic languages. Additionally, while Southern Nilotic languages exhibit relatively simple consonant systems, this is often attributed to long-term historical contact and borrowing from neighboring Bantu languages.12