Sentence examples for Nilo-Saharan from inspiring English sources
proper noun
A major language family spoken mostly along the Nile river and in large parts of the Sahara.
Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in the more eastern zones, such as many Nilotic and several Surmic languages as well as those belonging to the Kuliak and Kadu groups, belong to the former type, whereas western and northern Nilo-Saharan languages such as Fur, Kunama, and the Maban and Nubian languages have verb-final structures.
Its Nilo-Saharan affiliation is now widely accepted.
In the Nilo-Saharan languages the word tok, tek or dek means one.
The considerable typological diversity that characterizes the Nilo-Saharan languages corresponds to their wide geographic spread.
For most Nilo-Saharan languages, there is no ancient literary tradition.
The Luo speak a Nilotic language of the Nilo-Saharan language family.
They number about 100,000, and their language is classified as Nilo-Saharan.
The Kanuri language is classified as belonging to the Saharan branch of the Nilo-Saharan family.
They speak an Eastern Nilotic language of the Nilo-Saharan language family.
Fur languages, two closely related languages that form part of the Nilo-Saharan language family.
They speak a Central Sudanic language of the Nilo-Saharan language family.
