Bantoid

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branch of language family language subgroup

Bantoid is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family that includes the Bantu languages and several closely related non-Bantu groups spoken primarily in Central and West Africa.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bantoid canonical 5

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of language family ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
classificationStatus subject to ongoing research ⓘ
geographicDistribution from southeastern Nigeria to central Africa ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bantoid branch ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
hasCharacteristic agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class systems ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
tonal languages ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Bantoid (hypothesized) ⓘ
hasRoleIn historical spread of Bantu languages ⓘ
hasSubgroup Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Bantu

Beboid languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
surface form: Bendi languages

Dakoid languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
surface form: Ekoid languages

Grassfields languages ⓘ
Jarawan languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
surface form: Mambiloid languages

Northern Bantoid ⓘ
Southern Bantoid ⓘ
Tivoid languages ⓘ
hasUncertainInternalClassification true ⓘ
includes Bantu languages ⓘ
many minority languages ⓘ
includesLanguagesWithLargeSpeakerPopulations true ⓘ
includesLanguagesWithSmallSpeakerPopulations true ⓘ
languageFamilyLevel intermediate ⓘ
partOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo language family
primaryRegion Cameroon ⓘ
Congo Rainforest ⓘ
surface form: Congo Basin

Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
relatedTo Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Benue-Congo languages

Cross-River languages ⓘ
spokenIn Central Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
studiedInField African linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic-Congo languages
typologicallySimilarTo other Niger-Congo branches ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Punu → languageSubgroup → Bantoid ⓘ
Chichewa → languageBranch → Bantoid ⓘ
Lingala → languageBranch → Bantoid ⓘ
Ha language → languageSubgroup → Bantoid ⓘ
Bantu P languages → hasLinguisticClassification → Bantoid ⓘ