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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:West_Benue–Congo
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gptkbp:class
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Niger–Congo > Atlantic–Congo > Volta–Congo > Volta–Niger
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gptkbp:distinctiveFeature
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noun class system
tonal languages
subject–verb–object word order
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
1963
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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gptkb:IJE
volt1241
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Volta–Niger
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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alv
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gptkbp:language
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over 60
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gptkbp:majorCity
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gptkb:Benin
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Togo
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gptkbp:neighboringLanguageFamilies
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gptkb:Adamawa–Ubangi
gptkb:Ijoid
gptkb:Kwa
gptkb:Gur
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Igboid_languages
gptkb:Isoko
gptkb:Itsekiri
gptkb:Urhobo
gptkb:Edo
gptkb:Nupe
gptkb:Ebira
gptkb:Gwari
gptkb:Idoma
gptkb:Igala
gptkb:Edoid_languages
gptkb:Idomoid_languages
gptkb:Nupoid_languages
gptkb:Ukaan
gptkb:Yoruboid_languages
gptkb:Akoko_languages
gptkb:Izon
gptkb:Oko_languages
Igbo
Yoruba
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gptkbp:populationEstimate
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over 100 million speakers
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:West_Africa
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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
gptkb:Ajami
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Yoruba_language
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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