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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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gptkb:Niger–Kordofanian_languages
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gptkbp:characteristic
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agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tonal languages
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gptkbp:dateDescribed
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1948
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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nige1239
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Niger–Congo languages
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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:largestBranch
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gptkb:Atlantic–Congo_languages
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gptkbp:largestCity
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gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Zulu
Igbo
Swahili
Yoruba
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gptkbp:linguisticClassification
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one of the world's major language families
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Akan
gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Wolof
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Ewe
gptkb:Kinyarwanda
gptkb:Lingala
gptkb:Sesotho
Bambara
Igbo
Swahili
Yoruba
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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over 700 million
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gptkbp:origin
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possibly West Africa
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkb:West_Africa
East Africa
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
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gptkbp:subfamily
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gptkb:Kru
gptkb:Adamawa–Ubangi
gptkb:Benue–Congo
gptkb:Atlantic
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:bfsParent
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gptkb:Niger-Congo
gptkb:Banda_language
gptkb:Volta–Niger
gptkb:Yoruboid
gptkb:Dravidian_languages
gptkb:Niger–Congo
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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