Nilotic
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Ni·lot·ic
(nī-lŏt'ĭk) 
adj.
A large group of Nilo-Saharan languages, spoken in southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania and including Masai.
adj.
- Of or relating to the Nile or the Nile Valley.
- Of or relating to the peoples who speak Nilotic languages.
A large group of Nilo-Saharan languages, spoken in southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania and including Masai.
[Latin Nīlōticus, from Nīlōtis, from Greek Neilōtis, from Neilos, Nile.]
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Shilluk
(member of a people)
Nilotes
(people, Africa)
Dinka
(member of a traditionally pastoral people)
Masai
(member of a chiefly pastoral people)
Nilo-Saharan
(language family of sub-Saharan Africa)
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