Volta–Niger

E621215
language family branch subgroup of Niger–Congo languages

Volta–Niger is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family comprising numerous languages spoken primarily in southern Nigeria and neighboring regions of West Africa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Volta–Niger branch 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language family branch ⓘ
subgroup of Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
alsoKnownAs West Benue–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Benue–Congo branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsLanguage Akoko languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Akpes ⓘ
Ayere–Ahan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ebira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edoid languages ⓘ
Esan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gwari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Idoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Idomoid languages ⓘ
Igala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Igbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Igboid languages ⓘ
Igbo–Ukwu cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Itsekiri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nupe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nupoid languages ⓘ
Oko NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ukaan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urhobo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoruboid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature extensive verb serialization in many languages ⓘ
rich noun class remnants in some branches ⓘ
glottologCode volt1241 ⓘ
macroArea Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorLanguagesBySpeakers Edo NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorLanguagesBySpeakers Igbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nupe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion southern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
southeastern Niger ⓘ
spokenInCountry Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ
status one of the largest branches of Niger–Congo by number of speakers ⓘ
subfamilyOf Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
typologicalFeature mostly tonal languages ⓘ
predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
writingSystems Latin script (for many member languages) ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Echie language → belongsToBranch → Volta–Niger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volta–Niger branch
Nupoid languages → branchOf → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Gbe languages → geneticClassification → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Bini language → languageFamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Ikwerre language → languageFamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Edo language → languageSubbranch → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Nupoid languages → partOf → Volta–Niger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volta–Niger branch
Idoma language → subfamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Itsekiri language → subfamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Urhobo language → subfamily → Volta–Niger ⓘ
Igede language → subfamilyOf → Volta–Niger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volta–Niger branch