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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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gptkb:Niger–Congo_languages
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gptkbp:class
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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 family
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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
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tonal languages
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gptkbp:majorityLanguageFamilyIn
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gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Senegal
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Uganda
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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:Bemba
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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gptkb:West_Africa
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
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gptkbp:subfamily
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gptkb:Atlantic-Congo
gptkb:Volta–Niger
gptkb:Benue–Congo
gptkb:Kordofanian
gptkb:Kwa
gptkb:Mande
gptkb:Gur
gptkb:Adamawa-Ubangi
Bantu
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:N'Ko_script
Arabic script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Pana
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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