Atlantic–Congo languages

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Atlantic–Congo language family branch

Atlantic–Congo languages are a major branch of the Niger–Congo language family, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken widely across sub-Saharan Africa.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Atlantic–Congo	12
Atlantic-Congo	2
Volta–Niger languages	2
Atlantic-Congo languages	1
Volta–Congo	1

Statements (101)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Atlantic–Congo ⓘ language family branch ⓘ
approximateSpeakers	hundreds of millions ⓘ
areSpokenIn	Angola ⓘ Benin ⓘ Botswana ⓘ Burkina Faso ⓘ Burundi ⓘ Cameroon ⓘ Central Africa ⓘ Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Chad ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ East Africa ⓘ Equatorial Guinea ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Eswatini ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Gabon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Guinea ⓘ Guinea-Bissau ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Ivory Coast Kenya ⓘ Lesotho ⓘ Liberia ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ Malawi ⓘ Mali ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Namibia ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Republic of the Congo ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ Senegal ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Southern Africa ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ The Gambia ⓘ Togo ⓘ Uganda ⓘ West Africa ⓘ Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
classificationStatus	widely accepted major branch of Niger–Congo ⓘ
commonFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ noun class system ⓘ tone ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
glottologCode	atla1278 ⓘ
hasSubbranch	Adamawa–Ubangi languages ⓘ Atlantic languages ⓘ Bantu languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages ⓘ Dogon languages ⓘ Gur languages ⓘ Ijoid languages ⓘ Kru languages ⓘ Kwa languages ⓘ Senufo languages ⓘ Volta–Niger languages ⓘ
includesLanguage	Akan ⓘ Bambara ⓘ Bemba people ⓘ surface form: Bemba Chichewa ⓘ Ewe ⓘ Fante people ⓘ surface form: Fante Fula language ⓘ surface form: Fula Ga ⓘ Ganda ⓘ Herero ⓘ Igbo ⓘ Kikongo ⓘ Kikuyu ⓘ Kinyarwanda ⓘ Kirundi ⓘ Krio ⓘ Lingala ⓘ Luganda ⓘ Mandinka ⓘ Oshiwambo ⓘ Sango ⓘ Sesotho ⓘ Setswana ⓘ Shona ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Swahili Twi ⓘ Wolof ⓘ Xhosa ⓘ Yoruba ⓘ Zulu ⓘ
macroFamilySize	hundreds of languages ⓘ
partOf	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo language family
primaryRegion	Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ surface form: sub-Saharan Africa
subfamilyOf	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
typicalWordOrder	SOV ⓘ SVO ⓘ
writingSystems	Arabic script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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

Fang language → branch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic-Congo

Kikuyu → geneticClassification → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Chichewa → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Fula language → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Igbo → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volta–Niger languages

Lingala → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Nguni languages → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Punu → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Swati → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Tshiluba → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic-Congo languages

Yoruba → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volta–Niger languages

Bube language → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Fulani → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Ikwerre → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Kituba → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Northern Sotho (Sepedi) → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Sotho

Nupe language → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Pulaar → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Sesotho → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Sotho → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Southern Ndebele → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Tiv language → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Tshivenda → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Venda → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Wolof → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic-Congo

Xhosa → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Xitsonga → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Zulu → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Adamawa–Ubangi languages → partOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Southern Bantoid → partOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Southern Bantoid → partOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volta–Congo

Southern Bantu → partOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Ewe → subfamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Luganda → subfamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Sena → subfamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Benue–Congo languages → subfamilyOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Gur languages → subfamilyOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Ikwerre → subfamilyOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Myene → subfamilyOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ

Nupe language → subfamilyOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ