Nilotic

[ nahy-lot-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to the Nile River or the inhabitants of the Nile region.
of or relating to the Nilotic group of languages.

noun

a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.

Nilotic

/ �Բ�ɪˈ��ɒ��ɪ�� /

adjective

of or relating to the Nile
of, relating to, or belonging to a tall Negroid pastoral people inhabiting South Sudan, parts of Kenya and Uganda, and neighbouring countries
relating to or belonging to the group of languages spoken by the Nilotic peoples

noun

a group of languages of E Africa, including Luo, Dinka, and Masai, now generally regarded as belonging to the Chari-Nile branch of the Nilo-Saharan family

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Nilotic¹

1645–55; < Latin ��ī��ō�پ��ܲ� of the Nile < Greek ��𾱱�ō�پ��ó��. See Nile, -otic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Nilotic¹

C17: via Latin from Greek ��𾱱��ǳپ��ó��, from Neilos the Nile

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The Luo, a Nilotic people from western Kenya, have among the most elaborate burial customs in Kenya.

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But this Nilotic tribe, apparently, had some media savvy.

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Painters decorated Roman villas with Nilotic scenes featuring crocodiles and hippos.

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The next morning, frantic Hutu militia groups, convinced that the Nilotic apocalypse was at hand, launched a ferocious attack against their Tutsi neighbours.

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In the Caucasian group, for example, are placed the Teutonic, Indostanic, Shemitic, and Nilotic families, each of which, it can be shown, has existed utterly distinct for 5000 years, not to mention many subdivisions.

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Nilote Nilotic crocodile

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