English Explanatory Dictionary

Congo-Saharan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A proposed superphylum suggesting a genetic relationship between the Nilo-Saharan language family and the Niger-Congo language family.

Word forms

Congo-Saharan

Etymology

From a 1972 publication by linguist Edgar Gregersen. Other linguists have used other terms for this proposed phylum including Negro, Niger-Saharan and Negro-African.

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