Benue–Congo languages | DisamKB

Benue–Congo languages

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branch of Niger–Congo languages language family

The Benue–Congo languages are a large and diverse branch of African languages that include the widespread Bantu family and are spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Niger–Congo languages → language family →
containsSubfamily	Akoko languages → Bantoid languages → Bantu languages → Cross River languages → Defoid languages → Edoid languages → Idomoid languages → Igboid languages → Jukunoid languages → Kainji languages → Northern Bantoid languages → Nupoid languages → Oko languages → Plateau languages → Southern Bantoid languages → Ukaan language → Yoruboid languages →
estimatedNumberOfLanguages	hundreds of languages →
geographicDistribution	Central Africa → East Africa → Southern Africa → West Africa → sub-Saharan Africa →
hasNotableLanguage	Bemba language → Bini language → Chichewa language → Ganda language → Idoma language → Igbo language → Kikuyu language → Kinyarwanda language → Kirundi language → Kongo language → Lingala language → Luganda language → Nupe language → Shona language → Sotho language → Swahili language → Tswana language → Xhosa language → Yoruba language → Zulu language →
hasProtoLanguage	Proto–Benue–Congo language →
hasWritingSystem	Latin script →
includes	many of the most widely spoken languages in Africa →
isMajorBranchOf	Niger–Congo languages →
partOf	Niger–Congo language family →
subfamilyOf	Atlantic–Congo languages →

Referenced by (43)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atyap people → Berom language → Berom people → Efik language → Efik language ("Cross River languages") → Eggon people → Ibibio people → Ibibio people ("Cross River languages") → Jukun people → Kituba → Northern Sotho → Nupe language ("Benue–Congo") → Nupe people → Ogoni people → Sesotho → Southern Ndebele → Tiv language → Tiv language ("Benue–Congo") → Tshivenda → Venda → Xhosa → Xitsonga → Zulu →	languageFamily
Chichewa ("Benue–Congo") → Lingala ("Benue–Congo") → Nguni languages → Swati → Tshiluba ("Benue-Congo languages") →	languageBranch
Myene → Nupe language → Tiv language →	subfamilyOf
Southern Bantoid ("Benue–Congo") → Southern Bantu →	partOf
Luganda → Sena →	subfamily
Ijoid languages ("Cross River languages") →	arealContactWith
Lozi →	belongsToBranch
Benue–Congo languages ("Cross River languages") →	containsSubfamily
Kikuyu →	geneticClassification
Fang language ("Benue-Congo") →	group
Atlantic–Congo languages →	hasSubbranch
Punu ("Benue–Congo") →	languageGroup
Niger–Congo languages →	majorSubgroup