Where Did Nilotes Come from?

As their name suggests, the Nilotes came originally from the Nile Valley, probably the Upper Nile and its tributaries in southern Sudan.

Where did the Nilotes migrate from?

Long before there were written records, Nilotic peoples apparently migrated from the Nile River area as far south as the region of modern Tanzania. Some Nilotic groups had intensive contact with Cushitic (Afro-Asiatic) peoples, and with Niger-Congo peoples.

Are Nilotes Nubians?

'Nilote' is not 'Nubian'

Nubia is a geographical area that straddles southern Egypt and Northern Sudan. The main difference between Nubians and Nilotes is language. The Nubians speak Nubian languages, although increasingly these languages are being lost to Arab languages as a result of Nubian migration.

Robert Thorne

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