Nilo-Saharan

/ˌnaɪloʊ səˈhærən/
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Definitions of Nilo-Saharan
  1. noun
    a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania
    synonyms: Nilo-Saharan language
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    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
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