Abanyafurika

Umuryango wa Nilo-Sahara uhagarariwe nitsinda: Songhai, Sahara, Shari-Nile, hamwe nabantu babiri batandukanye mu ndimi Maba na For (Fur). Songhai irimo Songhai ikwiye, kimwe na Djerma na Dandy, batuye ku nkombe zo hagati ya Nigeriya; ku itsinda rya Sahara – kanuri, tuba (tibbu) na zagava, batuye ku nkombe z'ikiyaga cya Tchad no muri Sahara yo hagati. Itsinda rikomeye rya Shari-Nil muri uyu muryango ririmo abaturage bo muri Sudani y'Iburasirazuba (Dinka, Puer, Luo, Bari, Lotuko, Masai, Nuba, cyangwa Nubian, n'ibindi), mbere bakaba barashyizwe mu muryango wigenga wa Nilotic; Abaturage bo muri Sudani yo hagati (Bagirmi, Morumadi), Berta na Kunama. Abantu bo muri iri tsinda baba mu majyaruguru ya Zayire no mu majyepfo ya Sudani. Indimi za Morumadi zivugwa nimiryango ya Pygmy (Efe, Basua, nibindi).