Meanings
- obsoleteNiger-Congo.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe 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 sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Coined in the 1960s, from the then-valid classification of this language family in the two sub-branches Niger-Congo and Kordofanian, which is today considered obsolete.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Niger-Kordofanian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Niger-Kordofanian
“Niger-Kordofanian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Niger-Kordofanian. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Niger-Kordofanian,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Niger-Kordofanian.
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