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.

Venda → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Gur languages → partOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo language family
Ewe → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Kikuyu → geneticClassification → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Adamawa–Ubangi languages → subfamilyOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Chichewa → languageBranch → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Luganda → subfamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages → partOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo language family
Atlantic–Congo languages → subfamilyOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Urhobo people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Fang → belongsTo → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Fang language
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo language family
Swati → languageBranch → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages → partOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo language family
Benue–Congo languages → isMajorBranchOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Lingala → languageBranch → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Itsekiri people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Itsekiri language
Ogoni people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Fulfulde → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Ndowe → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
Fula language → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Ekiti → ethnicLanguageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Akan → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Bube → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Sena → family → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Pulaar → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Tiv language → subfamilyOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Tiv language → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Idoma people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Ghana Empire → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
Kimbundu → family → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo languages
Berom people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Nupe people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Nupe language → subfamilyOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Nupe language → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Jukun people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Berom language → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Yoruba people → subgroupOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger-Congo peoples
Akan people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Tsonga → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Mandinka people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Makhuwa → partOfLanguageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Umbundu → partOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo language family
Umbundu → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Ikwerre → subfamilyOf → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Ikwerre → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niger–Congo
Northwest Africa → hasMajorLanguageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Chadians → languageFamilyDiversity → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Ewondo language → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Okak → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Bubi people → languageFamily → Niger–Congo languages ⓘ