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Niger-Congo — [nī′jərkäŋ′gō] adj. designating or of a large subfamily of the Niger Kordofanian language family, covering much of sub Saharan Africa and including the Bantu, Kwa, and Voltaic branches … English World dictionary
Niger-Congo — V. nigéro congolais … Encyclopédie Universelle
Niger-Congo — Die Niger Kongo Sprachen – früher auch niger kordofanische Sprachen genannt – bilden eine Familie von fast 1.400 Sprachen, die von etwa 400 Millionen Menschen im westlichen, zentralen, östlichen und südlichen Afrika gesprochen werden. Das… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Niger-Congo — noun a family of African language spoken in west Africa • Hypernyms: ↑Niger Kordofanian, ↑Niger Kordofanian language • Hyponyms: ↑Sango, ↑Bantu, ↑Bantoid language, ↑Gur, ↑Voltaic, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Niger-Congo — /nuy jeuhr kong goh/, n. 1. a subfamily of Niger Kordofanian, that comprises a large number of languages of Africa, as Ewe, Ibo, Yoruba, and the Bantu languages, spoken in nearly all of the equatorial forest region and in much of southern Africa … Universalium
Niger–Congo languages — Niger–Congo Niger–Kordofanian (obsolete) Geographic distribution: Sub Saharan Africa Linguistic classification: one of the world s primary language families Subdivisions: Dogon … Wikipedia
Niger-Congo languages — Infobox Language family name=Niger Congo altname=Niger Kordofanian (obsolete) region=Sub Saharan Africa familycolor=Niger Congo family=one of the world s primary language families child1=?? Bangi me child2=? Dogon child3=Ijoid child4=Mande child5 … Wikipedia
Niger-Congo languages — Family of some 1,400 languages of Africa. All of these are considered to be distinct languages and not simply dialects. The named dialects of these languages number many thousands more, not to mention the variant names for those languages and… … Universalium
Niger-Congo — noun Etymology: Niger (river) + Congo (river) Date: circa 1950 a language family that includes the Mande and Kwa branches and that is spoken by most of the indigenous peoples of west, central, and south Africa … New Collegiate Dictionary
Niger-Congo — Ni•ger Con•go [[t]ˈnaɪ dʒərˈkɒŋ goʊ[/t]] n. peo a family of African languages, spoken from Senegal eastward to Kenya and over most of equatorial and S Africa, and having as branches West Atlantic, Mande, Gur, Kwa, Benue Congo, and Adamawa Eastern … From formal English to slang
