Definition of Nilo-Saharan

1. Noun. A family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania.

Exact synonyms: Nilo-saharan Language
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

Nikoleta
Nikolis
Nikolsky
Nikolsky's sign
Nikopol
Nikos
Nile
Nile River
Nile blue
Nile blue A
Nile crocodile
Nile green
Nile perch
Nilgiri Hills
Nilo-
Nilo-Saharan (current term)
Nilo-Saharan language
Niloscope
Niloscopes
Nilotic
Nilotic language
Nilphamari District
Nilsson
Nimbari
Nimitz
Nimravus
Nimrod
Nimrods
Nimzo-Indian
Nina

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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