Benue–Congo languages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Benue–Congo_languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:estimatedNumberOfLanguages	over 900
gptkbp:glottologCode	benu1247
gptkbp:hasSubgroup	gptkb:Igboid_languages gptkb:Gbaya_languages gptkb:Bantu_languages gptkb:Bantoid_languages gptkb:Dakoid_languages gptkb:Edoid_languages gptkb:Idomoid_languages gptkb:Jukunoid_languages gptkb:Kainji_languages gptkb:Nupoid_languages gptkb:Plateau_languages gptkb:Yoruboid_languages Cross River languages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Benue–Congo languages
gptkbp:linguisticClassification	Atlantic–Congo > Volta–Congo > Benue–Congo
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Angola gptkb:Benin gptkb:Botswana gptkb:Burkina_Faso gptkb:Burundi gptkb:Cameroon gptkb:Central_African_Republic gptkb:Chad gptkb:Comoros gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo gptkb:Equatorial_Guinea gptkb:Eritrea gptkb:Ethiopia gptkb:Gabon gptkb:Gambia gptkb:Ghana gptkb:Guinea gptkb:Ivory_Coast gptkb:Kenya gptkb:Lesotho gptkb:Liberia gptkb:Malawi gptkb:Mali gptkb:Mauritania gptkb:Mozambique gptkb:Namibia gptkb:Niger gptkb:Nigeria gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo gptkb:Rwanda gptkb:Senegal gptkb:Sierra_Leone gptkb:Somalia gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:South_Sudan gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Swaziland gptkb:Tanzania gptkb:Togo gptkb:Uganda gptkb:Zambia gptkb:Zimbabwe gptkb:Guinea-Bissau gptkb:Somaliland
gptkbp:notableLanguage	gptkb:Nupe gptkb:Bantu_languages gptkb:Gwari gptkb:Idoma gptkb:Jukun gptkb:Tiv gptkb:Bini Igbo Yoruba
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Central_Africa gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa gptkb:West_Africa East Africa
gptkbp:spokenIn	hundreds of millions of people
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Niger–Congo_languages
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Atlantic–Congo
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5