Chari-Nile

Definitions of Chari-Nile
  1. noun
    a group of Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of the Sudan and Zaire and Uganda and Tanzania
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    Nilotic, Nilotic language
    a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group
    Dinka
    a Nilotic language
    Luo
    a Nilotic language
    Masai
    a Nilotic language
    type of:
    Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language
    a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania
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