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Wikipedia: Nilo-Saharan Languages

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The English-language Wikipedia article on the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, covering its membership, distribution and the dispute over its validity.

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Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilo-Saharan_languages
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
2
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Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)

This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Language Families, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Linguists, 1 claims: 1 holds.

Well-attested

8

Language Families

Scholarly debate

1

Language Families

Holds

1

General References

1

Language Families

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