Ni·lo-Sa·har·an (n  l -s -h rn, -härn)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
(Linguistics / 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 families
adj
(Linguistics / Languages) relating to or belonging to this family of languages
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | Nilo-Saharan - a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language 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 |
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
| ?Page tools | ||
|---|---|---|
|