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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Congo-Saharan en · PROPN

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.

Meanings

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