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Definition of Nilo-Saharan
1. Noun. A family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania.
Generic synonyms: Natural Language, Tongue
Specialized synonyms: Chari-nile, Saharan, Songhai
Definition of Nilo-Saharan
1. Proper noun. A major language family spoken mostly along the Nile river and in large parts of the Sahara. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nilo-Saharan
Literary usage of Nilo-Saharan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macrothesaurus for Information Processing in the Field of Economic and by Anne Di Lauro, Alice Watson (1998)
"DE NUT / TRABAJO NOCTURNO 13.03.03 ST: WORKING TIME ARRANGEMENT ** LIVING CONDITIONS
Nilo-Saharan LANGUAGES LANGUES NILO-SAHARIENNES / LENGUAS MLO- ..."
2. Afrika und Übersee by Carl Meinhof (1845)
"1981: Some Nilo-Saharan Isoglosses, in: TC Schadeberg and ML Bender (eds.),
Nilo-Saharan: Proceedings of the First Nilo- Saharan Linguistics Colloquium: ..."
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