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adj
Belonging to the Nilo-Saharan language family, or pertaining to its associated peoples.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
A theoretical major language family spoken mostly along the Nile river and in large parts of the Sahara.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Nilo-Saharan language
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Broader terms: natural language, tongue
Narrower terms: Chari-Nile, Saharan, Songhai
History
From Nilo- + Saharan.
Across languages
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