Nilo-Saharan

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nī′lō sə har′ən, -hâr′-, -här′-)


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Ni•lo-Sa•har•an  (nī′lō sə har′ən, -hâr′-, -här′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Language Varietiesa 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.

'Nilo-Saharan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Central Sudanic - Djerma - Eastern Sudanic - Kanuri - Maasai - Nilotic - Nubian - Saharan - Songhai

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