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Congo-Saharan

Congo-Saharan proper noun: a proposed superphylum suggesting a genetic relationship between the Nilo-Saharan language family and the Niger-Congo language family.

Proper noun

Congo-Saharan

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

Origin of Congo-Saharan

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.

Questions about Congo-Saharan

What does Congo-Saharan mean?
Congo-Saharan means a proposed superphylum suggesting a genetic relationship between the Nilo-Saharan language family and the Niger-Congo language family.
What part of speech is Congo-Saharan?
Congo-Saharan is a proper noun.

Words near Congo-Saharan in the dictionary

  1. Congo-Bunder
  2. Congo-Kinshasa
  3. Congo-Kinshasan
  4. Congo-Kinshasans
  5. Congo-Leopoldville
  6. Congo-Saharan
  7. Congo-Zaire
  8. congocidine
  9. congocidines
  10. congoer
  11. congoers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Congo-Saharan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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