Mhuri yeNilo-Sahara inomiririrwa nemapoka: Songhai, Sahara, Shari-Nile, pamwe chete nemitauro miviri yakasiyana Maba uye For (Fur). The Songhai inosanganisira Songhai yakakodzera, pamwe chete neDjerma neDandy, vanogara mumahombekombe epakati anosvika kuNiger; kuboka reSahara – kanuri, tuba (tibbu) uye zagava, vanogara kumahombekombe eLake Chad uye kuCentral Sahara. Boka rinonyanya kukosha reShari-Nil mumhuri iyi rinosanganisira vanhu vekuMabvazuva kweSudan (Dinka, Puer, Luo, Bari, Lotuko, Masai, Nuba, kana maNubians, nezvimwewo), izvo zvakambosanganisirwa mumhuri yakazvimirira yeNilotic; Vanhu veCentral Sudanese (Bagirmi, Morumadi), Berta neKunama vanhu. Vanhu veboka iri vanogara kuchamhembe kweZaire uye kumaodzanyemba kweSudan. Mitauro yeMorumadi inotaurwa nemadzinza ePygmy (Efe, Basua, nezvimwewo).