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Nilo-Saharan Languages - Survey of the sociolinguistic situation of Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in the Republic of Chad.
Web Resources for Nilo-Saharan Languages - Collection of links maintained by Jouni F. Maho of the University of Göteborg in swden.
Nilo-Saharan Language Listing - Listing of the member languages of the phylum, classified by subgroup.
The Nilotic Language Family - General survey, with maps, of the Nilotic family, one of the members of the Nilo-Saharan phylum.
Language Family Trees - Nilo-Saharan - The ethnologue family tree for the phylum, with links for more information on each of the approximately 200 member languages.
Studying the Zarma Language - Introduction to the pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary of the Zama language. Bilingual site (English and Dutch).
Zarma Dictionary - Dictionnaire Zarma - Zarmaciine Kaamuusu - Trilingual dictionary of Zarma, a member of the Songhai family spoken by about 2 million people (mostly in Niger).
Luo Grammatical Sketches - papers on specific aspects of Luo grammar (Comparatives and Superlatives; Imperatives; Complex Noun Phrases), prepared by linguistics students at Rice University.
The Maasai (Maa) Language - Portal page leading to detailed information on the Maasai language, including a grammar and bibliographic references.
Studying the Zarma Language - Introduction to the pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary of the Zama language. Bilingual site (English and Dutch).

Nilo-Saharan languages - The Nilo-Saharan languages are a group of African languages spoken mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers (whence the term "Nilo-"), including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of Nile meet. Its member languages extend, however, through 17 nations in the northern half ...
Saharan languages - The Saharan languages are a subgroup of Nilo-Saharan languages spoken across parts of the eastern Sahara, extending from northwestern Darfur to southern Libya, north and central Chad, eastern Niger and northeastern Nigeria. Noted Saharan languages include Kanuri, Teda, Dazaga, and Zaghawa.
Aja language (Nilo-Saharan) - Aja is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Central Sudanic subgroup, spoken in the southern Sudanese province of Bahr el Ghazal and along the Sudanese border in the Central African Republic. Although the tribe considers itself to be Kresh, the language is unintelligible to the Kresh and is halfway between Kresh and ...
Mararit language - The Mararit language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in eastern Chad. It is a member of the Taman language group of the Western branch of Nilo-Saharan.
Berta people - The Berta or Bertha are an ethnic group living in the Sudanese-Ethiopian borderland. They speak a Nilo-Saharan language that is not related to those of their Nilo-Saharan neighbors (Gumuz, Uduk).