Nilo-|ˌnaɪləʊ|Used as combining form of Nile in names of language groups common to inhabitants of the Nile area and of some other specified area. Cf. next.1932W. L. Graff Lang. 434 Kanuri, of the Nilo-Chadian group.1938[see Nilo-Hamitic a.].1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Language 401 The Nobades (the supposed ancestors of the modern Nilo-Chadian Nuba).Ibid. 402 The divisions of Sudano-Guinean, according to Delafosse, may now be enumerated:..(2) Nilo-Abyssinian (fifteen languages) with evident traces of classes and class-pronouns and tones, and including Shiluk, Dinka, etc.Ibid., (5) Nilo-Congolese (nineteen languages) with traces of classes, and including Mangbetu, Mbuda, etc.1966J. H. Greenberg Languages of Africa (ed. 2) 130 To the new grouping which consists of Songhai, Saharan, Maban, Fur and Coman in addition to Chari-Nile, the name Nilo-Saharan is given.1969Language XLV. 665 Of the 33 languages and language groups surveyed in Hdbk 66, 21 fall into Greenberg's Nilo-Saharan family.

Nilo-

used as a comb. form of Nile.

Nilo- /ˈnʌɪləʊ/ combining form.

ORIGIN: from Nile + -o-.

Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to the Nile or the region of the Nile’, esp. in names of language groups common to inhabitants of the region of the Nile and of some other specified region.

DERIVATIVE Nilo-ˈHamite noun a member of a Nilotic people E20.
Nilo-Haˈmitic adjective & noun (a) adjective = Nilotic adjective 2; (b) noun = Nilotic noun 2: M19.
Nilo-Saˈharan adjective of or pertaining to the regions of the Nile and the Sahara; spec. of or designating a language family including Sudanic and other northern and E. African languages: M20.

Nilo-

Prefix

geography, linguistics Of or pertaining to the Nile.

Nilo-Saharan

Nilo-Hamitic

Related terms

Niloto-

词汇	Nilo-
词根词缀	OED Online Etymology Dictionary SOED Wiktionary Nilo-\|ˌnaɪləʊ\|Used as combining form of Nile in names of language groups common to inhabitants of the Nile area and of some other specified area. Cf. next.1932W. L. Graff Lang. 434 Kanuri, of the Nilo-Chadian group.1938[see Nilo-Hamitic a.].1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Language 401 The Nobades (the supposed ancestors of the modern Nilo-Chadian Nuba).Ibid. 402 The divisions of Sudano-Guinean, according to Delafosse, may now be enumerated:..(2) Nilo-Abyssinian (fifteen languages) with evident traces of classes and class-pronouns and tones, and including Shiluk, Dinka, etc.Ibid., (5) Nilo-Congolese (nineteen languages) with traces of classes, and including Mangbetu, Mbuda, etc.1966J. H. Greenberg Languages of Africa (ed. 2) 130 To the new grouping which consists of Songhai, Saharan, Maban, Fur and Coman in addition to Chari-Nile, the name Nilo-Saharan is given.1969Language XLV. 665 Of the 33 languages and language groups surveyed in Hdbk 66, 21 fall into Greenberg's Nilo-Saharan family. Nilo- used as a comb. form of Nile. Nilo- /ˈnʌɪləʊ/ combining form. ORIGIN: from Nile + -o-. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to the Nile or the region of the Nile’, esp. in names of language groups common to inhabitants of the region of the Nile and of some other specified region. DERIVATIVE Nilo-ˈHamite noun a member of a Nilotic people E20. Nilo-Haˈmitic adjective & noun (a) adjective = Nilotic adjective 2; (b) noun = Nilotic noun 2: M19. Nilo-Saˈharan adjective of or pertaining to the regions of the Nile and the Sahara; spec. of or designating a language family including Sudanic and other northern and E. African languages: M20. Nilo- Prefix geography, linguistics Of or pertaining to the Nile. Nilo-Saharan Nilo-Hamitic Related terms Niloto-
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