Niger-Kordofanian
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Ni·ger-Kor·do·fan·i·an (nī'jər-kôr'də-făn'ē-ən, -făn'yən) 
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n.
The largest language family of sub-Saharan Africa, consisting of the Niger-Congo and Kordofanian branches.
| WordNet: Niger-Kordofanian |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in sub-Saharan Africa; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
Synonym: Niger-Kordofanian language
| Wikipedia: Niger-Kordofanian languages |
| Niger-Kordofian | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Sub-Saharan Africa, Kurdufan |
| Genetic classification: |
proposed super-family |
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| ISO 639-2 and 639-5: | nic |
The Niger-Kordofanian language family was proposed by Joseph Greenberg in his 1963 book Languages of Africa, originally under the name 'Congo-Kordofanian'. It was the consequence of the addition of Kordofanian as a branch coordinate to the previously established Niger-Congo family. However, the Kordofanian languages have not been demonstrated to be more distantly related than other branches of Niger-Congo, and recent classifications have placed them within that family.
References
- Joseph Greenberg, The Languages of Africa. Indiana Univ. Press (1966).
- John Bendor-Samuel, The Niger-Cvfhbjnkl;'ngo Languages — A classification and description of Africa's largest language family, University Press of America (1989).
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Mentioned in
- Kordofanian (group)
- Joseph Harold Greenberg (American anthropologist)
- African languages (language, Africa)
- Fanti (people, Ghana/Africa)
