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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