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nilo-saharan

Ni·lo-Sa·har·an
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nahy-loh-suh-har-uh n, -hair-, -hahr-]
    • /ˌnaɪ loʊ səˈhær ən, -ˈhɛər-, -ˈhɑr-/
    • /nˈaɪləʊsˈaharən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nahy-loh-suh-har-uh n, -hair-, -hahr-]
    • /ˌnaɪ loʊ səˈhær ən, -ˈhɛər-, -ˈhɑr-/

Definitions of nilo-saharan word

  • noun nilo-saharan a family of African languages, including the Central and Eastern Sudanic groups as well as Kanuri, Songhai, and other languages, spoken from the Sahara southward to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. 1
  • noun nilo-saharan a family of languages of Africa, spoken chiefly by Nilotic peoples in a region extending from the Sahara to Kenya and Tanzania, including the Chari-Nile, Saharan, Songhai, and other branches. Classification is complicated by the fact that many languages spoken in this region belong to the unrelated Afro-Asiatic, Kordofanian, and Niger-Congo families 0
  • adjective nilo-saharan relating to or belonging to this family of languages 0
  • noun nilo-saharan a large family of languages spoken chiefly in N and central Africa and including the Chari-Nile subfamily 0
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Parts of speech for Nilo-saharan

noun
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nilo-saharan popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Related words

  • central sudanic

    a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.

  • djerma

    a member of a people living in southwestern Niger, closely related to the Songhai.

  • eastern sudanic

    a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in eastern and central Africa and including the Nilotic languages.

  • kanuri

    a member of a people living in northeast Nigeria and in Niger.

  • nilotic

    of or relating to the Nile River or the inhabitants of the Nile region.

  • nubian

    a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia.
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