Niger–Congo languages

E8177
language family macrofamily

The Niger–Congo languages form one of the world’s largest language families, encompassing hundreds of related languages spoken across much of sub-Saharan Africa, including major groups like Bantu.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Niger–Congo languages canonical 520
Niger–Congo 90
Niger-Congo languages 69

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language family ⓘ
macrofamily ⓘ
approximateNumberOfSpeakers over 700 million ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfLanguages over 1500 ⓘ
glottologCode nige1235 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Niger–Kordofanian languages ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
includesLanguage Akan ⓘ
Bambara ⓘ
Chichewa ⓘ
Ewe ⓘ
Fula ⓘ
Igbo ⓘ
Kikuyu ⓘ
Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
Lingala ⓘ
Luganda ⓘ
Sesotho ⓘ
Setswana ⓘ
Shona ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili

Wolof ⓘ
Xhosa ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
isOneOfLargestLanguageFamilies true ⓘ
majorSubgroup Adamawa–Ubangi languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic–Congo languages

Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Gur languages ⓘ
Kordofanian languages ⓘ
Kwa languages ⓘ
Mande languages ⓘ
morphologyFeature noun class system ⓘ
primaryRegion Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
surface form: sub-Saharan Africa
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
Benin ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Cape Verde Islands ⓘ
surface form: Cape Verde

Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Ivory Coast

Kenya ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Malawi ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
São Tomé and Príncipe ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
typology mostly SVO word order ⓘ
mostly tonal languages ⓘ

Referenced by (823)

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

Africa → hasMajorLanguageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Equatoguinean Spanish → influencedBy → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndowe languages
Swahili language → family → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
Northern Ndebele → family → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Northern Ndebele → subfamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo
Northern Ndebele → subfamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benue–Congo
West African languages → majorFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
West African languages → includesFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benue-Congo languages
West African languages → includesFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adamawa-Ubangi languages
Niger–Congo languages → majorSubgroup → Niger–Congo languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic–Congo languages
Zulu → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Yoruba → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Fulani → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
West Africa → hasLanguageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Ijaw → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Fang language → family → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa → majorLanguageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
East Africa → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
Kiunguja → languageBranch → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
Sesotho → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Xhosa → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Western Nigeria → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Igbo → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Tshivenda → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Setswana → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
Xitsonga → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantu languages → subfamilyOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu → partOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo language family
Nguni languages → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantoid → hasFamilyColor → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Southern Bantoid → partOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Southern Ndebele → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Wolof → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo
Mandinka → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Shona → geneticAffinity → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Kwa languages → subclassOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
Kwa languages → partOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo language family
Kwa languages → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo
Central Banda languages → subclassOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Fipa people → linguisticBranch → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
Sukuma people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Ga → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Ga language
Ga people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Sotho
Nzebi → languageBranch → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Nilo-Saharian phylum → contrastedWith → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
Lozi → belongsToBranch → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Thembu people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Punu → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Myene → subfamilyOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ