The story
From a 1972 publication by linguist Edgar Gregersen. Other linguists have used other terms for this proposed phylum including Negro, Niger-Saharan and Negro-African.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Congo-Saharan
Today it means: A proposed superphylum suggesting a genetic relationship between the Nilo-Saharan language family and the Niger-Congo language family. Full definition →