Niger-Congo language family

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Niger–Congo_languages
gptkbp:class	one of the world's major language families
gptkbp:date	prehistory
gptkbp:glottologCode	10 nige1239
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Niger-Congo language family
gptkbp:ISO639-3	nic
gptkbp:language	over 1,500
gptkbp:largestCity	gptkb:Akan gptkb:Fula gptkb:Shona gptkb:Wolof gptkb:Zulu Igbo Swahili Yoruba
gptkbp:linguisticFeature	agglutinative morphology noun class system tonal languages
gptkbp:notableLanguage	gptkb:Akan gptkb:Fula gptkb:Shona gptkb:Wolof gptkb:Zulu Igbo Swahili Yoruba
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 700 million
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Central_Africa gptkb:Southern_Africa gptkb:West_Africa East Africa
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Africa
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Benue–Congo_languages gptkb:Kwa_languages gptkb:Bantu_languages gptkb:Mande_languages gptkb:Atlantic-Congo_languages Adamawa languages Dogon languages Gur languages Ijoid languages Kordofanian languages
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_script gptkb:N'Ko_script Arabic script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bantu_expansion
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6