niger-kordofanian_language (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

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English 1 sense of the expression *Niger-Kordofanian language*:
NOUN	communication	Niger-Kordofanian language, Niger-Kordofanian	the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara

EnglishNiger-Kordofanian language: 1 sense noun 1, communication
Meaning	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).
Synonym	Niger-Kordofanian
Category	Swahili	The most widely spoken Bantu languages
Narrower	Kordofanian	A group of languages spoken in the relatively small Kordofan area of the south Sudan
Narrower	Niger-Congo	A family of African language spoken in west Africa
Broader	natural language, tongue	A human written or spoken language used by a community
Spanish	lengua nígero-kordofaniana
Catalan	llengua niger-kordofaniana

HyperDicEnglishNIGE ... Niger-Kordofanian language