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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:language_family
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Igboid_languages
gptkb:Gbaya_languages
gptkb:Bantoid_languages
gptkb:Dakoid_languages
gptkb:Edoid_languages
gptkb:Idomoid_languages
gptkb:Igaloid_languages
gptkb:Jukunoid_languages
gptkb:Kainji_languages
gptkb:Nupoid_languages
gptkb:Plateau_languages
gptkb:Ukaan
gptkb:Yoruboid_languages
Cross River languages
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gptkbp:class
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Niger-Congo > Atlantic-Congo > Volta-Congo > Benue-Congo
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
1963
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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benu1247
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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bct
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gptkbp:majorityCountry
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gptkb:Benin
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Central_African_Republic
gptkb:Chad
gptkb:Congo
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Togo
gptkb:Uganda
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tonal languages
subject-verb-object word order
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Nupe
gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkb:Gwari
gptkb:Idoma
gptkb:Igala
gptkb:Jukun
gptkb:Tiv
gptkb:Bini
Igbo
Yoruba
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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over 200 million
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
gptkb:West_Africa
East Africa
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gptkbp:subfamily
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gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:Ajami_script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Benue-Congo languages
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