The Nilotic languages are a group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken across a wide area between southern Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples, particularly associated with cattle-herding. They are divided into three subgroups:
Before Greenberg's reclassification, the term was used to refer to Western Nilotic alone (with the other two being grouped as "Nilo-Hamitic languages".)
Bibliography
- Creider, Chet A. (1989) The syntax of the Nilotic languages : themes and variations. Berlin: Reimer. ISBN 3-496-00483-5
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