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Niger-Kordofanian

DEFINITIONS OF: Niger-Kordofanian

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n the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)

Synonyms:
Niger-Kordofanian language
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Kordofanian
a group of languages spoken in the relatively small Kordofan area of the south Sudan
Niger-Congo
a family of African language spoken in west Africa
Sango
a trade language widely used in Chad
Bantoid language, Bantu
a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
Gur, Voltaic
a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana
West African
a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa
Mande
a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast
Kwa
a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria
Type of:
natural language, tongue
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
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