Niger-Congo family

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:classification agglutinative languages
gptkbp:cultural_significance linguistic diversity
ethnic identity
African_heritage
gptkbp:features noun class system
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:East_Africa
Central_Africa
West_Africa
Southern_Africa
gptkbp:hasLanguage Sub-Saharan Africa
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Proto-Niger-Congo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Niger-Congo family
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkb:Atlantic-Congo_languages
gptkb:Kwa_languages
Mande_languages
gptkbp:language language documentation
comparative linguistics
historical linguistics
language revitalization
ancient origins
sociolinguistic studies
ethnolinguistic studies
genetic classification
areal classification
external classification
internal classification
subgroup classification
typological classification
in_Africa
gptkbp:language_of_instruction gptkb:Niger-Kordofanian_languages
gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
over 1,500
largest_in_Africa
gptkbp:members gptkb:Ijoid_languages
gptkb:Bantoid_languages
gptkb:Kwa_languages
gptkb:Senufo_languages
Dogon languages
Kordofanian languages
Atlantic_languages
Mande_languages
Gur_languages
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Swahili
gptkb:Igbo
gptkb:Yoruba
gptkb:Zulu
Shona
Xhosa
gptkbp:research_focus linguistics
language preservation
sociolinguistics