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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.

Hypernyms

  • Niger-Kordofanian Language

Hyponyms

  • Voltaic
  • Bantoid Language
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