Nilotic languages
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The Nilotic languages are a group of related languages spoken across a wide area between South Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples.
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Ethnicity | Nilotic peoples |
Geographic distribution | Southwestern Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, northeastern Congo (DRC), northern/eastern Uganda, western/southern Kenya and northern Tanzania |
Native speakers | 14 million[1] |
Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan? |
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Glottolog | nilo1247 |
Region where Nilotic languages are spoken |
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