|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

Nilo-Saharan language

DEFINITIONS OF: Nilo-Saharan language

1

n a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania

Synonyms:
Nilo-Saharan
Types:
show 4 types...
hide 4 types...
Chari-Nile
a group of Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of the Sudan and Zaire and Uganda and Tanzania
Saharan
a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad
Songhai
a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai in Mali and Niger
Nilotic, Nilotic language
a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group
Type of:
natural language, tongue
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES