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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:language_family
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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gptkb:Niger–Congo
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gptkbp:debatedBy
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classification debated among linguists
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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nige1239
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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nic
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gptkbp:language
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over 1,500
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gptkbp:largestSubfamily
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Bantu
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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:Akan
gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Zulu
Igbo
Swahili
Yoruba
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gptkbp:proposedBy
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gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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over 700 million people
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gptkbp:status
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one of the world's largest language families
largest language family in Africa
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gptkbp:subdivision
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gptkb:Adamawa–Ubangi
gptkb:Benue–Congo
gptkb:Atlantic–Congo
gptkb:Dogon
gptkb:Ijoid
gptkb:Kordofanian
gptkb:Kwa
gptkb:Mande
gptkb:Gur
Bantu
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
Arabic script
indigenous scripts
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gptkbp:yearProposed
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1948
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ubangian
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Niger–Congo (disputed)
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