Nilo-saharan Language (Noun)
Meaning
A family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Nilo-Saharan languages are mainly spoken in the southern part of the Sahara and extend to the areas of Kenya and Tanzania.
- Their existence in these areas has led to linguists grouping the Nilo-Saharan languages under the East African languages subfamily.
- Akan and Oromo speakers along the rivers in this area were the early speakers of Nilo-Saharan languages and developed into larger tribes.
- Maale and Gumuz speak a Nilo-Saharan language within the linguistic classification with several other known dialects.
- The development of Nilo-Saharan languages happened across a large region including Ethiopia with more prominent groups developing distinct variations.