Maps of Shabo

Nilo-Saharan Dispersal (Blench)


Nilo-Saharan Dispersal

Map Creator:  Roger Blench
Source:  Blench, Roger. 2006. Archaeology, Language, and the African Past. Lanham: AltaMira Press

Map Description:
This maps illustrates the dispersal of Nilo-Saharan languages between 18.000 BP and 2.000 BP. With the gradual migration of groups, the language family split into many different languages and is now one of the four main groupings found in Africa today.





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