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class="fYyStc">The most widely spoken Niger–Congo languages by number of native speakers are Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, Lingala, Ewe, Fon, Ga-Dangme, Shona, Sesotho, Xhosa, Zulu, ...</span> </span> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <a class="M3vVJe" href="/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Niger%25E2%2580%2593Congo_language&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQ0gJ6BAgOEAU&usg=AOvVaw0MY9IfL5MB3mwCjzjn9eBp">Proto-Niger–Congo language</a> <span class="fYyStc"> · </span> <a class="M3vVJe" href="/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mande_languages&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQ0gJ6BAgOEAY&usg=AOvVaw0nWgpDfAjsgxFF411_AU56">Mande languages</a> <span class="fYyStc"> · </span> <a class="M3vVJe" href="/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%25E2%2580%2593Congo_languages&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQ0gJ6BAgOEAc&usg=AOvVaw0Qpvh4m5xKnxBwMh1wLWgr">Atlantic–Congo languages</a> </span> </div> </div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><div><a class="fuLhoc ZWRArf" href="/url?q=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Niger-Congo-languages&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQFnoECAgQAg&usg=AOvVaw006fi9Ph09b9FW1z-9il0F"><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">Niger-Congo languages | African Language Family | Britannica</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">www.britannica.com › Geography & Travel › Languages</span> </span> </a></div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">The languages of present-day Niger-Congo are divided into nine major branches: Mande, Kordofanian, Atlantic, Ijoid, Kru, Gur, Adamawa-Ubangi, Kwa, and Benue- ...</span> </span> </div> </div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><div><table class="ZuwI5d"><tbody><tr><td> <span class="qXLe6d x3G5ab"> <span class="fYyStc">Niger–Congo languages</span> </span> <span class="qXLe6d F9iS2e"> <span class="fYyStc">Language family</span> </span> </td><td><a href="/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger%25E2%2580%2593Congo_languages&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQndQBegQICxAF&usg=AOvVaw1lU6AhWvYO7qHUb2VCb5TK"><img class="qPa7sb" alt="Niger–Congo languages" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDhxwZ4xFRNXUVdAHq3I6qwKgXCpnHykYz8FoIjfcDHVfQ0CF4fiWgNw&s=0" style="max-width:72px;max-height:72px"/></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="AS66f"> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Niger–Congo is a observational language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages, and possibly several smaller groups of languages that are difficult to classify.</span> <span class="fYyStc"> </span> <a class="M3vVJe" href="/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger%25E2%2580%2593Congo_languages&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQmhN6BAgLEAc&usg=AOvVaw1Wo2afwF93hMfEHwlAriIW">Wikipedia</a> </span> </div> </div><div class="aAhEM"></div><div class="omMllc"> <span class="FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Geographic distribution</span> </span> <span> </span><span class="FrIlee">:</span><span> </span> <span class="F9iS2e"> <a class="M3vVJe" href="/search?sca_esv=4f7c836df226b895&sa=X&q=Africa&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LQz9U3ME0zMVPiBLFS0o3zDLXki4ut9MtTk9ISk0uKrdJT89OLEgsy4lMyi0uKMpNKSxaxsjmmFWUmJwIAm-oc90EAAAA&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQmxN6BAgLEAk">Africa</a> </span> </div><div class="omMllc"> <span class="FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Linguistic classification</span> </span> <span> </span><span class="FrIlee">:</span><span> </span> <span class="F9iS2e"> <span class="fYyStc">Proposed language family</span> </span> </div><div class="omMllc"> <span class="FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Proto-language</span> </span> <span> </span><span class="FrIlee">:</span><span> </span> <span class="F9iS2e"> <span class="fYyStc">Proto-Niger–Congo language</span> </span> </div><div class="omMllc jh5mRe"> <span class="FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Subdivisions</span> </span> <span> </span><span class="FrIlee">:</span><span> </span> <span class="F9iS2e"> <a class="M3vVJe" href="/search?sca_esv=4f7c836df226b895&sa=X&q=Dogon?;+Mande?&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LQz9U3ME0zMVPiBLMKclPStESLi630y1OT0hKTS4qtikuTUjLLMosXsfK55Kfn59lbK_gm5qWk2gMAVseKaD8AAAA&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQmxN6BAgLEA0">Dogon?; Mande?</a> <span class="fYyStc">; Ijoid?; Lafofa? (Kordofanian?); Kru?; Siamou?; Atlantic–Congo? (noun classes)</span> </span> </div></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><div> <span class="qXLe6d x3G5ab"> <a class="dloBPe x3G5ab" href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=4f7c836df226b895&ei=uWZDZ86PHd_G4-EPr6a-gAI&q=Niger%E2%80%93Congo+languages&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQsAR6BAgPEAE">Images</a> </span> <span class="qXLe6d F9iS2e"> <a class="M3vVJe" href="https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=4f7c836df226b895&ei=uWZDZ86PHd_G4-EPr6a-gAI&q=Niger%E2%80%93Congo+languages&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQ7Al6BAgPEAI">View all</a> </span> <div class="dBt03e"> <a class="UwfKSd" href="https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://cdn.britannica.com/93/22193-050-EAA86C88/Distribution-Niger-Congo-languages.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Niger-Congo-languages&h=1256&w=1600&tbnid=gRpVC-PQPoAIQM&q=Niger%E2%80%93Congo+languages&tbnh=118&tbnw=150&usg=AI4_-kQbG9MGJjxfNPldit92WQSJrPo0hg&vet=1&docid=08o__e2DpAykuM&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQ9QF6BAgPEAQ"> <div class="CO79Sb"> <img class="iUhyd" alt="Niger-Congo languages | African Language Family | Britannica" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4MScdognmqRV05f-Wt_vp2RYGuBL0VT6JBOr-E-uhPnm5FzXA78OTesqQ&s" style="width:114px;height:90px"/> </div> </a> <a class="UwfKSd" href="https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Niger-Congo-en.svg/1200px-Niger-Congo-en.svg.png&imgrefurl=https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger%25E2%2580%2593Congo_languages&h=1314&w=1200&tbnid=zUwMzjKLswpBAM&q=Niger%E2%80%93Congo+languages&tbnh=150&tbnw=137&usg=AI4_-kR18mllRrAl4dcWmZNkwV5P7d3JLg&vet=1&docid=PKbfFjR9Kzz98M&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQ9QF6BAgPEAY"> <div class="CO79Sb"> <img class="iUhyd" alt="Niger–Congo languages - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ..." src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRhljYY8qeA8LaPO8r_Ul0UC0QYvWEG-I7xPPDKFYlMHEgamT41ABH3SrIP&s" style="width:82px;height:90px"/> </div> </a> <a class="UwfKSd" href="https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://cdn.britannica.com/03/66003-004-BC907256/language-family-Niger-Congo-branches.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Niger-Congo-languages&h=160&w=350&tbnid=UInvlzpdaRntWM&q=Niger%E2%80%93Congo+languages&tbnh=55&tbnw=120&usg=AI4_-kQAnso7l3wFTeoeoRpywpo-TX6lMg&vet=1&docid=08o__e2DpAykuM&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQ9QF6BAgPEAg"> <div class="CO79Sb"> <img class="iUhyd" alt="Niger-Congo languages | African Language Family | Britannica" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxASRnKrZAPw5e6jegyMTG5b8nMptvH-SZig-KcmBUDuOaghpDLDwV5C_e&s" style="width:120px;height:55px"/> </div> </a> <a class="UwfKSd" href="https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49637635/figure/fig1/AS:601586099318826@1520440711555/Niger-Congo-language-tree-Schematic-tree-of-the-NigerCongo-language-phylum-that.png&imgrefurl=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Niger-Congo-language-tree-Schematic-tree-of-the-NigerCongo-language-phylum-that_fig1_49637635&h=352&w=454&tbnid=RPyajQInuDFlZM&q=Niger%E2%80%93Congo+languages&tbnh=99&tbnw=128&usg=AI4_-kSDzrB7XmNabQ-L71LvBz9yFEtBGw&vet=1&docid=3L_-eOIMp4xmRM&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQ9QF6BAgPEAo"> <div class="CO79Sb"> <img class="iUhyd" alt="Niger-Congo language tree. 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Greenberg. As understood today, Niger-Congo has nine branches: Mande, Kordofanian, Atlantic (formerly ...</span> </span> </div> </div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><div><a class="fuLhoc ZWRArf" href="/url?q=https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger%25E2%2580%2593Congo_languages&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQFnoECAYQAg&usg=AOvVaw1b0D-X3RV-EEMKUNA6g4Qe"><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">Niger–Congo languages - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › Niger–Congo_languages</span> </span> </a></div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">The Niger–Congo languages are a hypothetical language family. They are spoken in the southern half of Africa. They may be world's largest language family in ...</span> </span> </div> </div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><div><a class="fuLhoc ZWRArf" href="/url?q=https://www.languagesgulper.com/eng/Niger.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQFnoECAwQAg&usg=AOvVaw30CLdgzFNc-n88XBothXSR"><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">Niger-Congo languages</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">www.languagesgulper.com › eng › Niger</span> </span> </a></div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">The main Non-Bantoid languages are the Nigerian Yoruba and Igbo. Of the Bantu languages the most numerous are Swahili, Rwanda, Shona and Zulu.</span> </span> </div> </div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><div><a class="fuLhoc ZWRArf" href="/url?q=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-of-areal-linguistics/nigercongo-languages/5D3E7A592BFC3A7BBA53787E2EA13648&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQFnoECA0QAg&usg=AOvVaw2TSIocVAOZUmVefM92UMFJ"><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">Niger-Congo Languages (Chapter 17) - The Cambridge Handbook ...</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">www.cambridge.org › books › cambridge-handbook-of-areal-linguistics</span> </span> </a></div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">It contains Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages, as well as languages from essentially every major subgroup of Niger-Congo. The Bantu languages on the whole ...</span> </span> </div> </div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><div><a class="fuLhoc ZWRArf" href="/url?q=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Niger-Congo-language-tree-Schematic-tree-of-the-NigerCongo-language-phylum-that_fig1_49637635&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQFnoECAkQAg&usg=AOvVaw2-gO6YT_io0zFLoOj56aCS"><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">Niger-Congo language tree. Schematic tree of the NigerCongo ...</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> <span class="fYyStc">www.researchgate.net › figure › Niger-Congo-language-tree-Schematic-tre...</span> </span> </a></div><div class="Dks9wf"><table class="KZhhub"><tr><td class="udTCfd"><div> <div> <span class="qXLe6d FrIlee"> <span class="fYyStc">Schematic tree of the NigerCongo language phylum that comprises three major branches: Mande, Kordofanian, and Atlantic-Congo (Williamson 1989).</span> </span> </div> </div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div class="ezO2md"><div><div><a class="fuLhoc ZWRArf" href="/url?q=https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl%3FFunction%3DgetVD%26TVD%3D1420262%26CVD%3D1420267%26CPV%3D2217%26CST%3D08072022%26CLV%3D3%26MLV%3D7&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO0M6xw_WJAxVf4zgGHS-TDyAQFnoECAUQAg&usg=AOvVaw180Xpgv9OBo39kvVD2gB_Y"><span class="CVA68e qXLe6d fuLhoc ZWRArf">List of languages 2021 - total responses - 2217 - Niger-Congo ...</span> <span class="qXLe6d dXDvrc"> 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