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Niger–Congo languages

Niger–Congo is a proposed family of African languages spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share a characteristic noun class system), and possibly several smaller groups of languages that are difficult to classify. If valid, Niger–Congo would be the world's largest language…

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Geographic distribution
Africa
Glottolog
None
ISO 639-2 / 5
nic
Linguistic classification
Proposed language family
Native speakers
600 million (2025)
Proto-language
Proto-Niger–Congo language

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Niger–Congo languages

Nodes221
Edges220
Triples51
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00905
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Niger–Congo languages

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related to Other · 21
Niger–Congo languages → Atlantic, Congo, Defaka, Dogon, Ijaw, Ijoid, Kordofanian, Kru, Mali, Mande, Mandé, May, Niger, Niger Delta, Nuba Mountains, Senegal, Siamou, Sudan, The, They
related to Phonology · 12
Niger–Congo languages → Bantu, Congo, Consonant Vowel, CV, CVCV, Ijoid, Mande, Niger, Nouns, Proto, The, Verbs
Subdivisions · 8
Niger–Congo languages → Atlantic–Congo (noun classes), Dogon, Ijoid, Katla–Rashad (Kordofanian), Kru (sometimes considered Atlantic–Congo), Lafofa (Kordofanian), Mande, Siamou (sometimes considered Kru)
Geographic distribution · 1
Niger–Congo languages → Africa
Glottolog · 1
Niger–Congo languages → None
ISO 639-2 / 5 · 1
Niger–Congo languages → nic
Linguistic classification · 1
Niger–Congo languages → Proposed language family
Native speakers · 1
Niger–Congo languages → 600 million (2025)
Proto-language · 1
Niger–Congo languages → Proto-Niger–Congo language

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languages congo niger bantu million atlantic language speakers family group spoken mande african vowels kordofanian benue africa vowel central atr

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Niger–Congo languagesGeographic distributionAfrica1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesGlottologNone1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesISO 639-2 / 5nic1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesLinguistic classificationProposed language family1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesNative speakers600 million (2025)1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesProto-languageProto-Niger–Congo language1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesSubdivisionsDogon1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesSubdivisionsMande1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesSubdivisionsIjoid1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesSubdivisionsKatla–Rashad (Kordofanian)1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesSubdivisionsLafofa (Kordofanian)1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesSubdivisionsKru (sometimes considered Atlantic–Congo)1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesSubdivisionsSiamou (sometimes considered Kru)1.00infobox
Niger–Congo languagesSubdivisionsAtlantic–Congo (noun classes)1.00infobox

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