Chari-Nile languages

Chari-Nile languages

Chari-Nile is a now obsolete name for a subset of the Nilo-Saharan language family. The name was introduced by Joseph Greenberg in his 1955 "Studies in African linguistic classification". It derives from the fact that the languages in this subfamily were spoken in the watersheds of the Chari (main tributary of Lake Chad) and Nile rivers, or in the area between them. It was believed to unite four subfamilies:
# Central Sudanic languages
# Kunama language
# Berta language
# Eastern Sudanic languages


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  • Chari-Nile — [shä′rē nīl′] adj. designating or of a subfamily of the Nilo Saharan family of languages, including Sudanic * * * …   Universalium

  • Chari-Nile — [shä′rē nīl′] adj. designating or of a subfamily of the Nilo Saharan family of languages, including Sudanic …   English World dictionary

  • Chari-Nile — noun a group of Nilo Saharan language spoken in parts of the Sudan and Zaire and Uganda and Tanzania • Hypernyms: ↑Nilo Saharan, ↑Nilo Saharan language • Hyponyms: ↑Nilotic, ↑Nilotic language * * * ˈshärē|nīl, īəl noun Usage …   Useful english dictionary

  • Chari-Nile — /ˌtʃari ˈnaɪl/ (say .chahree nuyl) noun a group of east African languages in the Nilo Saharan family …  

  • Chari River — Map showing the Chari River drainage basin. Chari …   Wikipedia

  • Nilo-Saharan languages — Nilo Saharan Geographic distribution: Central and East Africa Linguistic classification: One of the world s primary language families Subdivisions: Eastern Sudanic Central Sudanic ? Kadu Maban …   Wikipedia

  • Nilo-Saharan languages — Group of perhaps 115 African languages spoken by more than 27 million people from Mali to Ethiopia and from southernmost Egypt to Tanzania. The concept of Nilo Saharan as a single stock combining a number of earlier groupings was introduced in… …   Universalium

  • The Languages of Africa — is a 1963 book of essays by Joseph Greenberg, in which he sets forth a genetic classification of African languages that, with some changes, continues to be the most commonly used one today. It is an expanded and extensively revised version of his …   Wikipedia

  • Berta languages —       group of languages that form a part of the Nilo Saharan language (Nilo Saharan languages) family. Some 125,000 Berta speakers live in Ethiopia; approximately 22,000 live in The Sudan. Two of the main varieties of Berta are Berta proper… …   Universalium

  • Kunama languages —       group of Nilo Saharan languages spoken by some 110,000 people of Eritrea and Ethiopia. Whereas some varieties of Kunama constitute mutually intelligible dialects, others, such as Bitama and Ilit, are distinct Kunama languages. Kunama was… …   Universalium

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