Nilo-Saharan language family

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Nilo-Saharan_languages
gptkbp:controversy	true
gptkbp:glottologCode	nilo1247 nilo1252
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Nilo-Saharan language family
gptkbp:language	over 100
gptkbp:linguisticClassification	macro-family
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Luo gptkb:Masalit gptkb:Berta gptkb:Komo gptkb:Maban gptkb:Songhay Dinka Nuer Fur Kanuri
gptkbp:notUniversallyAccepted	true
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 50 million
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg 1963
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Burkina_Faso gptkb:Cameroon gptkb:Central_African_Republic gptkb:Chad gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Eritrea gptkb:Ethiopia gptkb:Kenya gptkb:Libya gptkb:Mali gptkb:Niger gptkb:Nigeria gptkb:South_Sudan gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Tanzania gptkb:Uganda gptkb:Ethiopian_Highlands gptkb:Great_Lakes_region gptkb:Sahel gptkb:Upper_Nile gptkb:Darfur gptkb:Chad_Basin
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Central_Africa gptkb:West_Africa gptkb:Sahara gptkb:Nile_Valley East Africa
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Berta gptkb:Central_Sudanic gptkb:Eastern_Sudanic gptkb:Koman gptkb:Maban gptkb:Saharan gptkb:Shabo gptkb:Songhay gptkb:Gumuz Fur Kunama
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_script gptkb:Ajami Arabic script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Madi
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6