Nilo-Saharan languages

E8870
macro-family hypothesis proposed language family

Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed large and diverse family of African languages spoken mainly along the Nile Valley and across parts of central and eastern Africa.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Nilo-Saharan languages canonical 248
Nilo-Saharan 44
Nilo-Saharan language family 15

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf macro-family hypothesis ⓘ
proposed language family ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
contrastedWith Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Khoisan languages ⓘ
Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
estimatedSpeakers over 50 million ⓘ
geographicRange Great Lakes region of Africa ⓘ
Lake Chad basin ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Sahel region

White Nile ⓘ
surface form: Upper Nile region
hasAlternativeName Nilo-Saharian ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian phylum ⓘ
hasFeature rich case marking in some branches ⓘ
tone in many languages ⓘ
hasSubfamily Maban languages ⓘ
surface form: Berta language group

Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
Taman languages ⓘ
surface form: Daju languages

Nilo-Saharan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Nilotic languages

Eastern Sudanic languages ⓘ
Fur languages ⓘ
Gumuz languages ⓘ
Kadu languages ⓘ
Koman languages ⓘ
Koman languages ⓘ
surface form: Kunama language group

Maban languages ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ
Nubian languages ⓘ
Nyima languages ⓘ
Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
surface form: Saharan languages

Shabo language (proposed) ⓘ
Songhay languages ⓘ
Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
Surmic languages ⓘ
Tama languages ⓘ
Taman languages ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
includesLanguage Dinka language ⓘ
Fur language ⓘ
Kalenjin languages ⓘ
Kanuri ⓘ
surface form: Kanuri language

Luo language ⓘ
Maasai language ⓘ
Nubian languages ⓘ
Nuer language ⓘ
Songhay languages ⓘ
Teso language ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative (in many languages) ⓘ
notUniversallyAcceptedBy historical linguists ⓘ
proposalDate 1963 ⓘ
proposedBy Joseph Greenberg ⓘ
recognizedBy Joseph Greenberg ⓘ
spokenIn Cameroon ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Africa

Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nile Valley ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
status controversial classification ⓘ
typicalWordOrder SOV (in many branches) ⓘ
SVO (in some branches) ⓘ
usedBy numerous ethnic groups in the Nile-Sahel belt ⓘ
usedFor oral communication ⓘ

Referenced by (323)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Africa → hasMajorLanguageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Tebu → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Nubians → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nubian languages
Nubians → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → hasSubfamily → Nilo-Saharan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Nilotic languages
Sudanese Arabic → influencedBy → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
West Africa → hasLanguageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → majorLanguageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
East Africa → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Central Africa → majorLanguageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Nubia → hasLanguageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nubian languages
Songhay languages → subclassOf → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Nobiin → family → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan
Toubou → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Teda → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Kanuri → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Kanuri → languageSubfamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saharan languages
Daza → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Maban languages → subfamilyOf → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Shabo language (proposed) → languageFamilyHypothesis → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Shabo language
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan
Fur language → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan
Teso language → subfamilyOf → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Teso language → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan
Nilo-Saharian → alternativeNameOf → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan
Nilo-Saharian → alsoKnownAs → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan language family
Nilo-Saharian phylum → alternativeName → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan language family
Nilo-Saharian phylum → alternativeName → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan
Koman languages → subclassOf → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Nuer language → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan
Joseph Greenberg → proposed → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan language family
Taman languages → geneticClassification → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan language family
Taman languages → macroFamilyHypothesis → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan hypothesis
Eastern Sudanic languages → subclassOf → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Central Sudanic languages → subclassOf → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Central Sudanic languages → languageFamilyColor → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan
Gumuz languages → subclassOf → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Maasai language → branchOf → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Northeast Africa → hasEthnoLinguisticRegion → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan languages area
Dinka language → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan
Songhai people → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Chadians → languageFamilyDiversity → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Sudanese → languageAssociated → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Harold Fleming (linguist) → studied → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Harold Fleming
Kunama people → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Kunama language
Kunama people → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Kunama → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Koyra Chiini language → belongsTo → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan (proposed) language phylum
Sara → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Sara language
Zarma language → macroFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Nara → languageFamily → Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan