Nilotic

Japanese: Nilotic
Nilotic

The Nile language is a group of languages ​​that are spoken in the Nile, ranging from the Sudanese to the Ugandan, Kenyan, and Tanzanian languages. It includes many dialects of Nubian in the Nile Valley and Kordofan in Sudan, Tama, Mararit, and Dage in Darfur and Wadai, Teuso in Uganda, and many other languages ​​that are called Nilotic. Of the Nile languages, (1) the Western Nilotic group includes the Dinka, Nuer, and Shilluk languages ​​of Sudan and Ethiopia in the White Nile basin, Acholi in Uganda, and Luo in Kenya; (2) the Eastern Nilotic group includes the Kakwa languages ​​of Sudan and Uganda, Karamojong, Turkana, and Teso languages ​​of Kenya, and the Maasai languages ​​that extend from Kenya to Tanzania; and (3) the Southern Nilotic group includes many dialects of Nandi in Kenya and Tatoga in Tanzania.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Nilotic" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…スーダン全域からナイル川上流のウガンダ,ケニア,さらにタンザニアに至る広い地域に分布している。スーダンのナイル川流域とコルドファンにおけるヌビア語Nubianの多くの方言,ダールフール・ワダイ地方のタマ語,マラリット語,ダジュ語,ウガンダのテウソ語など,さらにはナイル言語群(ナイロート語群)Niloticと呼ばれる多数の言語が含まれる。 ナイル言語群のうち,(1)西ナイル言語群Western Niloticには,白ナイル川流域のスーダン,エチオピアのディンカ語,ヌエル語,シッルク語,ウガンダに入ってアチョリ語などのほか,ケニアにルオ語があり,(2)東ナイル言語群Eastern Niloticには,スーダン,ウガンダのカクワ語,ケニアのカラモジョン語,トゥルカナ語,テソ語,ケニアからタンザニアにまで及ぶマサイ語など,(3)南ナイル言語群Southern Niloticには,ケニアのナンディ語の多くの方言,タンザニアのタトーガ語などが含まれる。…

※「Nilotic」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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