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| | Nilotic - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Nilotic |
 | | The Nilotes are noted for their tall stature. | | | Farmers and herders, they became primarily pastoralists in their new lands. | | | Nilotes (nīlō`tēz), people of E Africa who speak Nilotic languages. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Nilotic
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| | Nilotic - definition of Nilotic in Encyclopedia |
| | The Nilotic was a single, very powerful creature in ancient times, but was divided into two aspects, male and female, Jacob Steep and Rosa McGhee, who wander the earth for centuries, unaware of their origins. | | | "The Nilotic" is also the name used of a fictional character or creature in Clive Barker's novel Sacrament. | | | At the end of the book, the two are finally reunited into the original Nilotic. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Nilotic
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| | Political Divisions of Africa. States of Northern Africa. |
| | The boundaries of Abyssinia are somewhat uncertain; but confining it to the provinces actually under the government of Christian or Mohammedan princes, it may be described as extending from about 9° to 16° N lat., and from 35° to 40° E. long. | | | The Saharan countries extend from the Atlantic in the west, to the Nilotic countries in the east, from the Barbary States in the north, to the basins of the Rivers Senegal and Kawara, and Lake Chad in the south. |
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http://www.1902-encyclopedia.com/A/AFR/africa-29.html
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| | North Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The northern part of the Sudan is home to a Muslim black African population speaking principally Arabic, but further down the Nile Valley, the culturally distinct world of the largely non-Muslim Nilotic and Nuba peoples begins. | | | In Nubia, straddling Egypt and Sudan, a significant population retains the ancient Nubian language but has adopted Islam. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Africa
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| | Nilotic language - definition of Nilotic language by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | Nilotic language - a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group | | | Chari-Nile - a group of Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of the Sudan and Zaire and Uganda and Tanzania |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Nilotic+language
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Upper Nile |
| | The language had not previously been reduced to writing. | | | The missionaries have recently compiled and printed in Uganda, a grammar phrase-book, and a vocabulary of a Nilotic language, Dhö Levo, spoken in Kavirondo. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15205a.htm
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| | The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Languages |
| | Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese | | | Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English |
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http://www.brainyatlas.com/fields/2098.html
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