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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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Atlantic–Congo languages canonical 104
Atlantic–Congo 48
Atlantic-Congo languages 14

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 ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Eswatini ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
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 (182)

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

Zulu → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Yoruba → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volta–Niger languages
Fulani → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Fang language → branch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic-Congo
Sesotho → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Xhosa → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Igbo → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volta–Niger languages
Tshivenda → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Xitsonga → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu → partOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Nguni languages → languageBranch → 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 Ndebele → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Wolof → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic-Congo
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Sotho
Kituba → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Punu → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Myene → subfamilyOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Venda → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Gur languages → subfamilyOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Ewe → subfamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Kikuyu → geneticClassification → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Adamawa–Ubangi languages → partOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Chichewa → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Luganda → subfamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Swati → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages → subfamilyOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Lingala → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Fula language → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Tshiluba → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic-Congo languages
Sena → subfamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Pulaar → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Tiv language → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Nupe language → subfamilyOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Nupe language → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Makhuwa → partOfLanguageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Ikwerre → subfamilyOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Ikwerre → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Ewondo language → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Sotho → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Bulu language → subfamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Beti languages → subclassOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic-Congo languages
Bube language → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Oshiwambo → languageFamily → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Herero → geneticClassification → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic-Congo languages
Sabaki languages → languageBranch → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Northeast Coast Bantu languages → partOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Narrow Bantu → hasSuperordinate → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Ndau → partOf → Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ