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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family branch
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gptkbp:class
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Niger-Congo > Atlantic-Congo > Volta-Congo > Benue-Congo
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gptkbp:dateDescribed
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1963
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gptkbp:dividedInto
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gptkb:Bantoid_languages
Non-Bantoid languages
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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benu1247
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gptkbp:hasSubgroup
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gptkb:Bantu_languages
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Benue-Congo branch
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gptkbp:includes
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gptkb:Igboid_languages
gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkb:Edoid_languages
gptkb:Idomoid_languages
gptkb:Yoruboid_languages
Cross River languages
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gptkbp:language
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over 900
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tonal languages
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gptkbp:mainLanguage
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gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Bemba
Igbo
Yoruba
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Congo_River
Benue River
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:West_Africa
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Benin
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Togo
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
Arabic script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Bantu_language_family
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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