Niger-Congo
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/nuy"jeuhr kong"goh/, n.1. a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian, that comprises a large number of languages of Africa, as Ewe, Ibo, Yoruba, and the Bantu languages, spoken in nearly all of the equatorial forest region and in much of southern Africa.adj.2. of, belonging to, or constituting Niger-Congo.
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Niger-Congo — [nī′jərkäŋ′gō] adj. designating or of a large subfamily of the Niger Kordofanian language family, covering much of sub Saharan Africa and including the Bantu, Kwa, and Voltaic branches … English World dictionary
Niger-Congo — V. nigéro congolais … Encyclopédie Universelle
Niger-Congo — Die Niger Kongo Sprachen – früher auch niger kordofanische Sprachen genannt – bilden eine Familie von fast 1.400 Sprachen, die von etwa 400 Millionen Menschen im westlichen, zentralen, östlichen und südlichen Afrika gesprochen werden. Das… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Niger-Congo — noun a family of African language spoken in west Africa • Hypernyms: ↑Niger Kordofanian, ↑Niger Kordofanian language • Hyponyms: ↑Sango, ↑Bantu, ↑Bantoid language, ↑Gur, ↑Voltaic, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Niger-Congo — noun Etymology: Niger (river) + Congo (river) Date: circa 1950 a language family that includes the Mande and Kwa branches and that is spoken by most of the indigenous peoples of west, central, and south Africa … New Collegiate Dictionary
Niger-Congo — Ni•ger Con•go [[t]ˈnaɪ dʒərˈkɒŋ goʊ[/t]] n. peo a family of African languages, spoken from Senegal eastward to Kenya and over most of equatorial and S Africa, and having as branches West Atlantic, Mande, Gur, Kwa, Benue Congo, and Adamawa Eastern … From formal English to slang
Niger-Congo — noun A major language family of sub Saharan Africa noted for the use of a noun class system … Wiktionary
níger-congo — ► masculino LINGÜÍSTICA Supergrupo de unas 900 lenguas africanas habladas en una amplia zona que se extiende desde el norte de Senegal y Kenia hasta Namibia y la parte oriental de la provincia de El Cabo … Enciclopedia Universal
Niger-Congo — n. widely scattered family of African language spoken in west Africa … English contemporary dictionary
Niger–Congo — adjective denoting or belonging to a large phylum of languages in Africa, including the Bantu, Mande, Gur, and Kwa families … English new terms dictionary
