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Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. [1] 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.
Pages in category "Endangered Niger–Congo languages" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Nding is a critically endangered language according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger Nding is a (critically) endangered [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family of Kordofan , Sudan .
An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native people, it becomes an extinct language . UNESCO defines four levels of language endangerment between "safe" (not endangered) and "extinct": [ 1 ]
Ngile, also known as Daloka, Taloka, Darra, Masakin, Mesakin, is a Niger–Congo unwritten language in the Talodi family spoken in the southern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is 80% lexically similar with Dengebu , which is also spoken by the Mesakin people .
Njerep is considered a critically endangered language under the UNESCO language endangerment index.Research conducted in 2000 indicates that only six speakers of this language remain, all of whom reside in the Somié village located along the Nigeria-Cameroon border (6°28' N, 11° 27' E). [1]
Joseph Greenberg classified them as one branch of the Adamawa–Ubangi family of Niger–Congo languages. They are among the least studied languages in Africa, and include many endangered languages; by far the largest is Mumuye, with 400,000 speakers.
Logol is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger Logol , or Lukha , is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan , Sudan .