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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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gptkb:West_Benue–Congo
Volta–Niger–Congo
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Gbe_languages
gptkb:Benue–Congo_languages
gptkb:Kwa_languages
gptkb:Kru_languages
gptkb:Senufo_languages
Gur languages
Adamawa–Ubangi languages
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Languages_of_Africa
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gptkbp:distinctiveFeature
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agglutinative morphology
tonal languages
noun class systems
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
1963
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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volt1241
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gptkbp:hasLanguage
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Proto-Volta–Congo
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Volta–Congo languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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alv
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gptkbp:linguisticClassification
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Niger–Congo > Atlantic–Congo > Volta–Congo
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Akan
gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Ewe
Bambara
Igbo
Swahili
Yoruba
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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hundreds of millions
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkb:West_Africa
Southeast Africa
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gptkbp:status
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largest branch of Niger–Congo
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gptkbp:subfamily
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gptkb:Niger–Congo_languages
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
Arabic script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Atlantic–Congo_languages
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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