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Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. [1] . It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share a characteristic noun class system), and possibly several smaller groups of languages that are difficult to classify.
- Languages of Niger - Wikipedia
Languages of Niger. Niger has 11 national languages, with...
- Bantu languages - Wikipedia
The Bantu languages (English: UK: / ˌbænˈtuː /, US: /...
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The Niger–Congo languages are a hypothetical language...
- Languages of Niger - Wikipedia
Mar 20, 2024 · Excluding northern Africa (Mauritania to Egypt and Sudan) and the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia to Somalia), some 85 percent of the population of Africa—at least 600 million people—speak a Niger-Congo language. In two countries, Niger and Chad, Niger-Congo languages are spoken by a minority.
Languages of Niger. Niger has 11 national languages, with French being the official language and Hausa the most spoken language. Depending on how they are counted, Niger has between 8 and 20 indigenous languages, belonging to the Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan and Niger–Congo families.
The Niger–Congo languages are a hypothetical language family. They are spoken in the southern half of Africa. They may be world's largest language family in terms of number of languages. Most of the most widely spoken languages of Subsaharan Africa belong to this group. A common part of many Niger-Congo languages is the use of a noun class system
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- If valid, one of the world's primary language families
The Bantu languages (English: UK: / ˌbænˈtuː /, US: / ˈbæntuː / Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) [1] [2] are a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu peoples of Central, Southern, Eastern and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages .
Niger-Congo languages are spoken by about 85% of the population of Africa, from Dakar, Senegal, in the west to Mombasa, Kenya, and in the east and south to Cape Town, S.Af. The name Niger-Congo was introduced in 1955 by Joseph H. Greenberg.
Niger-Congo languages - Widespread, African, Bantu | Britannica. Contents. Home Geography & Travel Languages. Widespread characteristics of Niger-Congo languages. Noun classes. The system of noun classes is probably the characteristic most widely found in Niger-Congo languages and best known to those interested in language phenomena.
