Niger-Kordofanian

Ni·ger-Kor·do·fan·i·an  (njr-kôrd-fn-n, -fnyn)

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The largest language family of sub-Saharan Africa, consisting of the Niger-Congo and Kordofanian branches.

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Niger-Kordofanian - 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) Niger-Kordofanian language natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language 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 Swahili - the most widely spoken Bantu languages; the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and widely used as a lingua franca in east and central Africa