Volta–Niger

E621215

Volta–Niger is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising numerous languages spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and neighboring regions of West Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Volta–Niger canonical 14
Volta–Niger branch 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language family branch ⓘ
subgroup of Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
alsoKnownAs West Benue–Congo ⓘ
West Benue–Congo branch ⓘ
linked to: West Benue–Congo
containsLanguage Akoko languages ⓘ
Akpes ⓘ
Ayere–Ahan ⓘ
Ebira ⓘ
Edo ⓘ
Edoid languages ⓘ
Esan ⓘ
Gwari ⓘ
Idoma ⓘ
Idomoid languages ⓘ
Igala ⓘ
Igbo ⓘ
Igboid languages ⓘ
Igbo–Ukwu cluster ⓘ
Itsekiri ⓘ
Nupe ⓘ
Nupoid languages ⓘ
Oko ⓘ
Ukaan ⓘ
Urhobo ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
Yoruboid languages ⓘ
feature extensive verb serialization in many languages ⓘ
rich noun class remnants in some branches ⓘ
glottologCode volt1241 ⓘ
macroArea Africa ⓘ
majorLanguagesBySpeakers Edo ⓘ
majorLanguagesBySpeakers Igbo ⓘ
Nupe ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
partOf Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
primaryRegion southern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Southern Nigeria
region Benin ⓘ
linked to: Togo

Ghana ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
southeastern Niger ⓘ
spokenInCountry Benin ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
status one of the largest branches of Niger–Congo by number of speakers ⓘ
subfamilyOf Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
typologicalFeature mostly tonal languages ⓘ
predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
writingSystems Latin script (for many member languages) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gbe languages → geneticClassification → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Urhobo language → subfamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Bini language → languageFamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Idoma language → subfamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Itsekiri language → subfamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Igede language → subfamilyOf → Volta–Niger branch ⓘ
linked to: Volta–Niger
Nupoid languages → partOf → Volta–Niger branch ⓘ
linked to: Volta–Niger
Nupoid languages → branchOf → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Edo language → languageSubbranch → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Echie language → belongsToBranch → Volta–Niger branch ⓘ
linked to: Volta–Niger
Ikwerre language → languageFamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Ogbia language → subfamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
East Kwa → reclassifiedAs → Volta–Niger branch ⓘ
linked to: Volta–Niger
Ayere–Ahan → partOf → Volta–Niger branch ⓘ
linked to: Volta–Niger
Ayere–Ahan → branchOf → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Isoko language → subfamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Esan language → subfamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Ikhin language → subfamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Okpamheri language → languageFamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ