Niger-congo (Noun)
Meaning
A family of African language spoken in west Africa.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Niger-Congo language family is a group of African languages spoken in West Africa that accounts for approximately half of the continent's languages.
- The Niger-Congo language family, one of the largest in the world, includes languages such as Swahili, Shona, Yoruba, and Igbo.
- Niger-Congo languages are widely spoken in West Africa, covering countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, and Mali.
- The Nigeria-Congo language family encompasses a multitude of languages and subdivisions, ranging from the Kordofanian languages to the Atlantic-Congo and Bantu languages.
- Linguists have demonstrated that the geographic distribution of Niger-Congo languages correlate with the historical migration and dispersion patterns of African societies in West Africa.