ALL meanings of niger-congo
Ni·ger-Con·go
N n - noun niger-congo a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian, that comprises a large number of languages of Africa, as Ewe, Ibo, Yoruba, and the Bantu languages, spoken in nearly all of the equatorial forest region and in much of southern Africa. 1
- adjective niger-congo of, belonging to, or constituting Niger-Congo. 1
- noun niger-congo a family of languages of Africa consisting of the Bantu languages together with most of the languages of the coastal regions of West Africa. The chief branches are Benue-Congo (including Bantu), Kwa, Mande, and West Atlantic 0
- adjective niger-congo relating to or belonging to this family of languages 0
- adjective niger-congo designating or of a large subfamily of the Niger-Kordofanian language family, covering much of sub-Saharan Africa and including the Bantu, Kwa, and Voltaic branches 0