Greenberg labeled this group Niger-Kordofanian. Bendor-Samuel uses the term Niger-Congo for the whole family (p. 19) which reflects current usage among linguists. |
Greenberg labeled this group Niger-Kordofanian. Bendor-Samuel uses the term Niger-Congo for the whole family (p. 19) which reflects current usage among linguists. (see Kordofanian languages) |
Greenberg labeled this group Niger-Kordofanian. Bendor-Samuel uses the term Niger-Congo for the whole family (p. 19) which reflects current usage among linguists. (see Kordofanian languages)
Some major languages or subgroups belonging to Niger-Congo:
Some linguists link the thirty or so Kordofanian languages to the Niger-Congo family, forming a Niger-Kordofanian language family. While a plausible hypothesis, this idea is still generally regarded as not proven.
Reference: Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse, African Languages - An Introduction, Cambridge Universtity press, 2000, Chapter 2: Niger-Congo John Bendor-Samuel, The Niger-Congo Languages, - A classification and description of Africa's largest language family, University Press of America, 1989.