| NOUN | communication | Niger-Kordofanian language, Niger-Kordofanian | the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara |
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| 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). | |
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| 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 |
| 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 | |
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