Disambiguation evidence for Nilo-Saharian phylum via surface form

"Nilo-Saharan phylum"


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Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Nilo-Saharan phylum".

Predicate Object
alternativeName Nilo-Saharan languages
surface form: Nilo-Saharan
alternativeName Nilo-Saharan languages
surface form: Nilo-Saharan language family
continent Africa
contrastedWith Afroasiatic languages
contrastedWith Khoisan languages
contrastedWith Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger-Congo languages
fieldOfStudy African linguistics
fieldOfStudy historical linguistics
hasNumberOfLanguages over 100
hasSubfamily Berta languages
hasSubfamily Central Sudanic languages
hasSubfamily Eastern Sudanic languages
hasSubfamily Fur languages
hasSubfamily Gumuz languages
hasSubfamily Kadu languages
hasSubfamily Koman languages
hasSubfamily Kunama languages
hasSubfamily Maban languages
hasSubfamily Nilotic languages
hasSubfamily Saharan languages
hasSubfamily Shabo language
hasSubfamily Songhay languages
hasSubfamily Surmic languages
hasSubfamily Taman languages
surface form: Tama languages
hasWritingSystem Arabic script (for some languages)
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for some languages)
includesLanguage Anywa language
includesLanguage Berta language
includesLanguage Dinka language
includesLanguage Fur language
includesLanguage Gumuz languages
surface form: Gumuz language
includesLanguage Kalenjin languages
includesLanguage Kanuri language
includesLanguage Koman languages
surface form: Komo language
includesLanguage Kunama languages
surface form: Kunama language
includesLanguage Luo language
includesLanguage Maasai language
includesLanguage Maba language
includesLanguage Murle language
includesLanguage Nuer language
includesLanguage Nilotic languages
surface form: Shilluk language
includesLanguage Songhay languages
surface form: Songhay language
includesLanguage Teda language
includesLanguage Teso language
includesLanguage Zaghawa language
instanceOf language phylum
instanceOf proposed language family
partOf African language classification
proposalDate 1963
proposedBy Joseph Greenberg
region Nile Valley
region Sahel
region central Africa
region East Africa
surface form: eastern Africa
spokenIn Algeria
spokenIn Benin
spokenIn Burkina Faso
spokenIn Cameroon
spokenIn Central African Republic
spokenIn Chad
spokenIn Democratic Republic of the Congo
spokenIn Egypt
spokenIn Eritrea
spokenIn Ethiopia
spokenIn Kenya
spokenIn Libya
spokenIn Mali
spokenIn Niger
spokenIn Nigeria
spokenIn South Sudan
spokenIn Sudan
spokenIn Tanzania
spokenIn Uganda
status controversial classification
status genetic unity debated
typology mostly tonal languages
typology often agglutinative
usedBy Nilotic peoples
usedBy Saharan peoples
usedBy various ethnic groups in the Sahel