Volta–Niger languages
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volta-niger-languages-208-8165245
title:
Volta–Niger languages
text:
The Volta–Niger family of languages, also known as West Benue–Congo or East Kwa, is one of the branches of the Niger–Congo language family, with perhaps 70 million speakers. Among these are the most important languages of southern Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and southeast Ghana: Yoruba, Igbo, Bini, and Gbe. These languages have variously been placed within the Kwa or Benue–Congo families or, starting in the 1970s, combined with them altogether. Williamson & Blench (2000) separate the languages here ca
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Hypothetical major branch of the Volta-Congo languages
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volta%E2%80%93Niger_languages
date created:
2008-08-09T23:41:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T08:59:18Z
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