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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:dateDescribed
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1963
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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atla1279
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Atlantic–Congo
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gptkbp:includes
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gptkb:Benue–Congo_languages
gptkb:Atlantic_languages
gptkb:Kwa_languages
gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkb:Kru_languages
Gur languages
Ijoid languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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alv
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gptkbp:language
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over 1,400
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tonal languages
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Gbe_languages
gptkb:Igboid_languages
gptkb:Luba-Katanga
gptkb:Akan
gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Sotho
gptkb:Tswana
gptkb:Wolof
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Volta–Niger_languages
gptkb:Chichewa
gptkb:Ewe
gptkb:Kinyarwanda
gptkb:Kongo
gptkb:Lingala
gptkb:Bemba
gptkb:Kwa_languages
gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkb:Kru_languages
Bambara
Igbo
Swahili
Yoruba
Fang
Kikuyu
Twi
Adamawa languages
Gur languages
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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over 700 million
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
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gptkbp:status
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largest subfamily of Niger–Congo
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gptkbp:subfamily
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gptkb:Niger–Congo
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:N'Ko_script
Arabic script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Yoruba_language
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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