Nilotic languages
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| Nilotic | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
southwestern Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, northeastern Congo (DRC), northern Uganda, western Kenya and northern Tanzania |
| Linguistic classification: | Nilo-Saharan?
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| Glottolog: | nilo1247[1] |
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The Nilotic languages are a group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken across a wide area between southern Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples, who traditionally practice cattle-herding. The languages are divided into four groups:
- Eastern Nilotic languages such as Turkana and Maasai
- Southern Nilotic languages such as Kalenjin and Datooga
- Western Nilotic languages such as Luo
- Burun
Before Greenberg's reclassification, the term was used to refer to Western Nilotic alone, with the other two being grouped as related "Nilo-Hamitic languages".
See also
References
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External links
- Nilotic, Michael Cysouw
- The Nilotic Language Family, Doris Payne
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