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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.

Aliases (1)

Nilo-Saharan phylum ×80

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language phylum → proposed language family →
alternativeName	Nilo-Saharan → Nilo-Saharan language family →
continent	Africa →
contrastedWith	Afroasiatic languages → Khoisan languages → 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 → Tama languages →
hasWritingSystem	Arabic script (for some languages) → Latin script (for some languages) →
includesLanguage	Anywa language → Berta language → Dinka language → Fur language → Gumuz language → Kalenjin languages → Kanuri language → Komo language → Kunama language → Luo language → Maasai language → Maba language → Murle language → Nuer language → Shilluk language → Songhay language → Teda language → Teso language → Zaghawa language →
partOf	African language classification →
proposalDate	1963 →
proposedBy	Joseph Greenberg →
region	Nile Valley → Sahel → central Africa → 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 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nilo-Saharan languages →	hasAlternativeName