Proto-Niger–Congo

E270680
ancestor language proto-language reconstructed language

Proto-Niger–Congo is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Niger–Congo language family, from which many languages across sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have descended.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Niger-Congo language 4
Proto-Niger–Congo canonical 3
Proto-Niger–Congo language 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancestor language ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ
belongsToLanguageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger–Congo
hasAlternativeName Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
surface form: Proto Niger–Congo

Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
surface form: Proto–Niger Congo
hasDescendantRegion Central Africa ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
hasFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
complex agreement system ⓘ
derivational verbal extensions ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
prefixal noun classes ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
tone (reconstructed) ⓘ
hasStatus hypothetical ⓘ
not directly attested ⓘ
hasUncertainClassification internal subgrouping of Niger–Congo ⓘ
hasUncertainFeature exact consonant inventory ⓘ
exact vowel system ⓘ
original tone patterns ⓘ
influences classification of African language families ⓘ
isAncestorOf Adamawa–Ubangi languages ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Gur languages ⓘ
Kordofanian languages ⓘ
Kwa languages ⓘ
Mande languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
isBasisFor reconstruction of Proto-Bantu ⓘ
partOf African linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
reconstructedBy comparative method ⓘ
reconstructedFrom lexical comparison of Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
morphological comparison in Niger–Congo ⓘ
phonological correspondences in Niger–Congo ⓘ
researchedBy Gerrit J. Dimmendaal ⓘ
John Bendor-Samuel ⓘ
Joseph Greenberg ⓘ
surface form: Joseph H. Greenberg

Kay Williamson ⓘ
Nurse and Philippson ⓘ
spokenIn prehistoric sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
studiedIn comparative linguistics ⓘ
historical-comparative linguistics ⓘ
timeDepth Holocene epoch ⓘ
early to mid-Holocene (approximate) ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Punu → hasAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
Okak → hasAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Niger–Congo language
Mekè → hasAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Niger–Congo language
Nyamwezi language → hasAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Niger-Congo language
Bantu T languages → hasAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Niger–Congo language
Kasem language → hasAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Niger-Congo
Proto-Niger–Congo → hasAlternativeName → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto–Niger Congo
Proto-Niger–Congo → hasAlternativeName → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto Niger–Congo
Kivili → hasAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Niger-Congo language
Kiyombe → hasAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
Shimaore → hasLinguisticAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
Makhuwa-Enahara → hasAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Niger-Congo language
Proto–Benue–Congo language → subclassOf → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto–Niger–Congo language
Proto–Benue–Congo language → memberOf → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo proto-languages
Benga language → hasAncestor → Proto-Niger–Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Niger-Congo language