Niger–Congo languages

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The Niger–Congo languages form one of the world’s largest language families, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including major groups like Bantu.

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Generate an image of the Niger–Congo languages (The Niger–Congo languages form one of the world’s largest language families, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including major groups like Bantu.)

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language family ⓘ
macrofamily ⓘ
approximateNumberOfSpeakers over 700 million ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfLanguages over 1500 ⓘ
glottologCode nige1235 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Niger–Kordofanian languages ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
includesLanguage Akan ⓘ
Bambara ⓘ
Chichewa ⓘ
Ewe ⓘ
Fula ⓘ
Igbo ⓘ
Kikuyu ⓘ
Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
Lingala ⓘ
Luganda ⓘ
Sesotho ⓘ
Setswana ⓘ
Shona ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language

Wolof ⓘ
Xhosa ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
isOneOfLargestLanguageFamilies true ⓘ
majorSubgroup Adamawa–Ubangi languages ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Gur languages ⓘ
Kordofanian languages ⓘ
Kwa languages ⓘ
Mande languages ⓘ
morphologyFeature noun class system ⓘ
primaryRegion sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to: Sub-Saharan Africa
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
Benin ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Cape Verde ⓘ
linked to: Cape Verde Islands

Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Kenya ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Malawi ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
São Tomé and Príncipe ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
typology mostly SVO word order ⓘ
mostly tonal languages ⓘ

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Referenced by (1,477)

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

Africa → hasMajorLanguageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Equatoguinean Spanish → influencedBy → Ndowe languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Swahili language → family → Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Northern Ndebele → family → Niger–Congo ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Northern Ndebele → subfamily → Atlantic–Congo ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Northern Ndebele → subfamily → Benue–Congo ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
West African languages → majorFamily → Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
West African languages → includesFamily → Benue-Congo languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
West African languages → includesFamily → Adamawa-Ubangi languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages → majorSubgroup → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Zulu → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Yoruba → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Fulani → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
West Africa → hasLanguageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Ijaw → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Fang language → family → Niger-Congo ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Sub-Saharan Africa → majorLanguageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
East Africa → languageFamily → Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Kiunguja → languageBranch → Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Sesotho → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Xhosa → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Western Nigeria → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Igbo → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Tshivenda → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Setswana → languageFamily → Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Xitsonga → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantu languages → subfamilyOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu → partOf → Niger–Congo language family ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Nguni languages → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantoid → hasFamilyColor → Niger–Congo ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Southern Bantoid → partOf → Niger–Congo ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Southern Ndebele → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Wolof → languageFamily → Niger-Congo ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Mandinka → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Shona → geneticAffinity → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Kwa languages → subclassOf → Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Kwa languages → partOf → Niger-Congo language family ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Kwa languages → languageFamily → Niger-Congo ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Central Banda languages → subclassOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Fipa people → linguisticBranch → Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Sukuma people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Ga language → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
subject linked to: Ga
Ga people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Northern Sotho → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
subject linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Nzebi → languageBranch → Niger–Congo ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Nilo-Saharan phylum → contrastedWith → Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
subject linked to: Nilo-Saharian phylum
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Lozi → belongsToBranch → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Thembu people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Punu → languageFamily → Niger–Congo ⓘ
linked to: Niger–Congo languages
Myene → subfamilyOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ