Nilo-Saharan language
C6966
concept
A Nilo-Saharan language is a member of a proposed but controversial language family spoken primarily along the Nile and across parts of central and eastern Africa, characterized by significant internal diversity and debated genetic relationships.
Observed surface forms (9)
- Eastern Sudanic language ×3
- Eastern Nilotic language ×2
- Nubian language ×2
- Western Nilotic language ×2
- Eastern Nilotic language variety ×1
- Nile-Nubian language ×1
- Nilo-Saharan language family ×1
- Nilo-Saharan languages ×1
- branch of Nilo-Saharan ×1
Instances (12)
- Songhay languages
- Nobiin via concept surface "Nile-Nubian language"
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Luo
via concept surface "Eastern Nilotic language variety"
surface form: Luo language
- Maban languages via concept surface "Nilo-Saharan language family"
- Fur language via concept surface "Eastern Sudanic language"
- Teso language via concept surface "Eastern Nilotic language"
- Nuer language via concept surface "Western Nilotic language"
- Maasai language via concept surface "Eastern Nilotic language"
- Eastern Sudanic languages via concept surface "branch of Nilo-Saharan"
- Taman languages via concept surface "Nilo-Saharan languages"
- Dinka language via concept surface "Western Nilotic language"
- Dongolawi via concept surface "Nubian language"