nilo-saharan

1. 1.

   a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania

   SynonymsNilo-Saharan language

   Broadernatural language

   NarrowerChari-NileSaharanSonghai

Questions about nilo-saharan

What does nilo-saharan mean?

nilo-saharan means "a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania".

How many syllables are in nilo-saharan?

nilo-saharan has 5 syllables: ni-lo--sa-ha-ran. The stress falls on "sa".

What is another word for nilo-saharan?

Close synonyms include Nilo-Saharan language. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nilo-saharan a common word?

nilo-saharan is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.