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Nilo-Saharan
Ni·lo-Sa·har·an N0108400 (nī′lō-sə-hăr′ən, -hä′rən)n. A language family of sub-Saharan Africa spoken in the interior from Nigeria to Kenya and including Kanuri, Nubian, and the Nilotic languages.Nilo-Saharan (ˌnaɪləʊsəˈhɑːrən) n (Languages) a family of languages of Africa, spoken chiefly by Nilotic peoples in a region extending from the Sahara to Kenya and Tanzania, including the Chari-Nile, Saharan, Songhai, and other branches. Classification is complicated by the fact that many languages spoken in this region belong to the unrelated Afro-Asiatic, Kordofanian, and Niger-Congo familiesadj (Languages) relating to or belonging to this family of languagesThesaurus| Noun | 1. | Nilo-Saharan - a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and TanzaniaNilo-Saharan languagenatural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer languageChari-Nile - a group of Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of the Sudan and Zaire and Uganda and TanzaniaSaharan - a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of ChadSonghai - a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai in Mali and Niger |
Nilo-Saharan
Nilo-Saharan: see African languagesAfrican languages,
geographic rather than linguistic classification of languages spoken on the African continent. Historically the term refers to the languages of sub-Saharan Africa, which do not belong to a single family, but are divided among several distinct linguistic stocks.
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Synonyms for Nilo-Saharannoun a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and TanzaniaSynonymsRelated Words- natural language
- tongue
- Chari-Nile
- Saharan
- Songhai
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