What is Nilo-Saharan languages?
{{Infobox language family |name=Nilo-Saharan |region=[[Central Africa|Central]] and [[East Africa]] |familycolor=Nilo-Saharan |family=One of the world's primary language families |map=Nilo-Saharan.png |mapcaption=Map showing the distribution of Nilo-Saharan languages |child1=[[Berta languages|Berta]] |child2=[[Fur languages|Fur]] |child3= [[Gumuz languages|Gumuz]] |child4= [[Koman languages|Koman]] |child5= [[Kuliak languages|Kuliak]] |child6=[[Kunama languages|Kunama]] |child7=[[Maban languages|Maban]] |child8=[[Saharan languages|Saharan]] |child9= [[Songhay languages|Songhay]] |child10=[[Central Sudanic languages|Central Sudanic]] |child11=[[Eastern Sudanic languages|Eastern Sudanic]] (includes [[Nilotic languages|Nilotic]]) |child12=? [[Kadu languages|Kadu]] |child13=? [[Mimi-D]] |child14=? [[Shabo language|Shabo]] |iso2=ssa |iso5=ssa |sil=nilo-saharan }} The '''Nilo-Saharan languages''' are a family of [[African languages]]. They are spoken by around [[Nilotic peoples|50 million people]], who mainly live in the upper parts of the [[Chari River|Chari]] and [[Nile]] rivers. The languages go through 17 countries in the northern half of Africa: *from [[Algeria]] to [[Benin]] in the west *from [[Libya]] to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] in the center *from [[Egypt]] to [[Tanzania]] in the east ==Other websites== *[https://human-language.teachable.com/p/nilo-saharan Popular Overview of Nilo-Saharan] {{stub}} [[Category:Languages of Africa]] [[Category:Languages by family]]