Niger-Kordofanian

Definitions of Niger-Kordofanian

1. noun

   the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
   synonyms: Niger-Kordofanian language

   types:

   Kordofanian

   a group of languages spoken in the relatively small Kordofan area of the south Sudan

   Niger-Congo

   a family of African language spoken in west Africa

   Sango

   a trade language widely used in Chad

   Bantoid language, Bantu

   a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent

   Gur, Voltaic

   a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana

   West African

   a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa

   Mande

   a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast

   Kwa

   a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria

   type of:

   natural language, tongue

   a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language