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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.
Interestingly, the sound “h” is absent in the Nding phonetics. [4] These consonants can get nasalized by connecting one consonant with n or m; and in some cases, also with their various parallel forms, e.g. ṅg (alternatively ńg/ṅń), ndj (alternatively ṅdj/ńdj), nd, mb. [4] Rarely does one come across such combinations as rn, rb, dr ...
Cicipu is part of the Kambari branch of the Niger–Congo languages. ... The pronunciation of many of these loanwords has changed to fit in with Cicipu phonology, in ...
Ga is a Kwa language, part of the Niger–Congo family.It is very closely related to Adangme, and together they form the Ga–Dangme branch within Kwa.. Ga is the predominant language of the Ga people, an ethnic group of Ghana.
A Wolof speaker, recorded in Taiwan. Wolof (/ ˈ w oʊ l ɒ f / WOH-lof; [2] Wolof làkk, وࣷلࣷفْ لࣵکّ) is a Niger–Congo language spoken by the Wolof people in much of the West African subregion of Senegambia that is split between the countries of Senegal, The Gambia and Mauritania.
Lingala (or Ngala, Lingala: Lingála) is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree as a trade language or because of emigration in neighbouring Angola or Central African Republic.
The present linguistic classification was made by Greenberg who groups Efik in the Benue-Congo sub-family of the Niger-Congo family. [10] One of the criteria of the inclusion of the Efik language into the Niger–Congo family is its morphological feature. According to Greenberg, "the trait of the Niger–Congo morphology which provides the main ...
The Nyingwom or Kam language is a Niger-Congo language spoken in eastern Nigeria. Blench (2019) lists speakers residing in the main villages of Mayo Kam and Kamajim in Bali LGA, Taraba State. [2] Lesage reports that Kam is spoken in 27 villages of Bali LGA. [3] Nyingwom was labeled as branch "G8" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language family ...