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   The Eastern Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages, themselves belonging to the Eastern Sudanic subfamily of Nilo-Saharan; they are believed to have begun to diverge about 3,000 years ago, and have spread southwards from an original home in Equatoria in South Sudan.

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2. www.britannica.com › topic › Nilotic-languagesNilotic languages | Nubian, Cushitic, Eastern Sudanic

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   Nilotic languages, group of related languages spoken in a relatively contiguous area from northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and western Ethiopia southward across Uganda and Kenya into northern Tanzania. Nilotic languages are part of the Eastern Sudanic subbranch of Nilo-Saharan languages.

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   What are the different Nilotic languages?

   • Eastern Nilotic languages include Bari, Teso-Turkana and other closely related languages [or dialects], Otuxo, Maa, and now-extinct Ongamo. Southern Nilotic languages are spoken in Kenya and Tanzania. Some Southern Nilotic languages include Datoga, Pakot, Endo, Saboat, and Nandi.

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   What is a Western Nilotic language?

   • Most Western Nilotic languages are spoken in Sudan, but they also extend into Ethiopia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kenya. Some Western Nilotic languages include Shilluk, Acholi, Dinka, Dholuo, Nuer and Lango. Western Nilotic languages usually have very short words, and sentences tend to have Subject-Verb-Object order.

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   What are Nilotic people?

   • Linguistically, Nilotic people are divided into three subgroups: Eastern Nilotic – Spoken by Nilotic populations in southwestern Ethiopia, eastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda, western Kenya, and northern Tanzania, it includes languages such as Turkana and Maasai .

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   Where do Nilotic language speakers live?

   • Nilotic language speakers live in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. According to linguist Joseph Greenberg, the language family is divided up into three subgroups:

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4. www.britannica.com › topic › Nilo-Saharan-languagesNilo-Saharan languages - African, Diverse, Endangered

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   Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in the more eastern zones, such as many Nilotic and several Surmic languages as well as those belonging to the Kuliak and Kadu groups, belong to the former type, whereas western and northern Nilo-Saharan languages such as Fur, Kunama, and the Maban and Nubian languages have verb-final structures.

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   Eastern Nilotic languages include Bari, Teso-Turkana and other closely related languages [or dialects], Otuxo, Maa, and now-extinct Ongamo. Southern Nilotic languages are spoken in Kenya and Tanzania. Some Southern Nilotic languages include Datoga, Pakot, Endo, Saboat, and Nandi.

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   The Nilotic languages are divided into two groups: the northwestern and southeastern Nilotic languages In Africa. All Nilotic languages are tonal and have complex vowel systems with long and short vowels. The Nilotic-speaking people in Kenya include the River and Lake Nilotes, the Plain Nilotes and the Highland Nilotes.