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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:date
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circa 3000 BCE
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gptkbp:descendedFrom
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gptkb:Proto-Volta-Congo
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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volt1241
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gptkbp:hasSubgroup
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gptkb:Kwa_languages
gptkb:Kru_languages
gptkb:Atlantic-Congo_languages
gptkb:Benue-Congo_languages
Gur languages
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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:linguisticFeature
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agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tonal languages
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gptkbp:majorCity
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gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Benin
gptkb:Burkina_Faso
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Chad
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Guinea
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:Liberia
gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Niger
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Senegal
gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkb:Togo
gptkb:Uganda
gptkb:Zambia
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gptkbp:notableLanguage
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gptkb:Akan
gptkb:Fula
gptkb:Ewe
gptkb:Bemba
gptkb:Ganda
Bambara
Igbo
Yoruba
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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over 500 million
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:West_Africa
Southeast 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
Arabic script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Bantu_languages
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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