Meaning Of The Word Niger-Congo

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Niger-Congo Meaning

Niger-Congo Definition
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What's The Definition Of Niger-Congo?

Niger-Congo in British English
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
adjective: of, belonging to, or constituting Niger-Congo
adjective: relating to or belonging to this family of languages
noun: a family of languages of Africa consisting of the Bantu languages together with most of the languages of the coastal regions of West Africa. The chief branches are Benue-Congo (including Bantu), Kwa, Mande, and West Atlantic
noun: 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

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