Nilo-Saharian phylum

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language phylum proposed language family

Nilo-Saharian phylum is a proposed large language family comprising numerous diverse languages spoken across parts of central and eastern Africa, whose genetic unity remains debated among linguists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf language phylum ⓘ
proposed language family ⓘ
alternativeName Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nilo-Saharan

Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nilo-Saharan language family
continent Africa ⓘ
contrastedWith Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Khoisan languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo languages
fieldOfStudy African linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
hasNumberOfLanguages over 100 ⓘ
hasSubfamily Berta languages ⓘ
Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
Eastern Sudanic languages ⓘ
Fur languages ⓘ
Gumuz languages ⓘ
Kadu languages ⓘ
Koman languages ⓘ
Kunama languages ⓘ
Maban languages ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ
Saharan languages ⓘ
Shabo language ⓘ
Songhay languages ⓘ
Surmic languages ⓘ
Taman languages ⓘ
surface form: Tama languages
hasWritingSystem Arabic script (for some languages) ⓘ
Latin script (for some languages) ⓘ
includesLanguage Anywa language ⓘ
Berta language ⓘ
Dinka language ⓘ
Fur language ⓘ
Gumuz languages ⓘ
surface form: Gumuz language

Kalenjin languages ⓘ
Kanuri language ⓘ
Koman languages ⓘ
surface form: Komo language

Kunama languages ⓘ
surface form: Kunama language

Luo language ⓘ
Maasai language ⓘ
Maba language ⓘ
Murle language ⓘ
Nuer language ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form: Shilluk language

Songhay languages ⓘ
surface form: Songhay language

Teda language ⓘ
Teso language ⓘ
Zaghawa language ⓘ
partOf African language classification ⓘ
proposalDate 1963 ⓘ
proposedBy Joseph Greenberg ⓘ
region Nile Valley ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
central Africa ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
surface form: eastern Africa
spokenIn Algeria ⓘ
Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
status controversial classification ⓘ
genetic unity debated ⓘ
typology mostly tonal languages ⓘ
often agglutinative ⓘ
usedBy Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Saharan peoples ⓘ
various ethnic groups in the Sahel ⓘ

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Nilo-Saharan languages → hasAlternativeName → Nilo-Saharian phylum ⓘ