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Kordofanian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Kordofanian languages have not been shown to be more distantly related to Niger-Congo than some other branches, however, and today they are usually subsumed under Niger-Congo and considered one of the first families to branch off, along with Mande. In 1963 they were grouped together with the Niger-Congo languages by Joseph Greenberg, forming the Niger-Kordofanian languages. Several Kordofanian languages are spoken in the Nuba hills of Kordofan, in Sudan. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kordofanian_languages   (335 words)

EZGeography - Niger-Congo languages Just before these articles were collected in final book form (The Languages of Africa) in 1963, he amended his classification by adding Kordofanian as a branch co-ordinate with Niger-Congo as a whole; consequently, the family was renamed Niger-Kordofanian. Kordofanian was thought to be be one of the first branchings instead of being co-ordinate to the phylum as a whole, prompting re-introduction of the term 'Niger-Congo', which is in current use among linguists. The Yoruba and Igbo languages, spoken in Nigeria. www.ezgeography.com /encyclopedia/Niger-Congo_languages   (488 words)

Nuba languages Map 4 shows roughly where these various language groups are to be found in the Nuba Mountains with (1) Niger-Kordofanian languages in the east, (2a) Nilo-Saharan languages in the northwestern and central areas and (2b) the Kadugli-Krongo group in the southwest. Kordofanian noun classes have a recognizable affinity with the noun classes of the Bantu languages of central and southern Africa and also with the noun classes of Fulfulde and Wolof from West Africa. Languages such as Dilling, Nyimang, Temein and Daju have been classified as Nilo-Saharan, another vast phylum which includes the majority of Sudanese languages such as Nile Nubian, Fur, Dinka and Ingassana as well as others as far away as Songhai in Mali. www.hf-fak.uib.no /institutter/smi/sa/tan/nuba.html   (3814 words)

CD: Groliers Encyclopedia Languages of the Adamawa-Eastern branch are spoken from northeastern Nigeria east to Sudan, north almost to the Sahara, and south to extreme northern Zaire. Isolated Mande languages are spoken in eastern Ivory Coast and western Ghana, in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), and in Benin and Nigeria. Many of the Pygmy groups found in Zaire and Cameroon are thought to be Khoisan peoples who have adopted their neighbors' Niger-Congo languages. www.ntz.info /gen/b00324.html   (3841 words)

Niger-Congo languages --  Encyclopædia Britannica These languages were formerly classified as part of the Kordofanian group within the Niger-Congo language family, but they are now widely believed to form a subgroup within the Nilo-Saharan language family. The 800 to 1,000 languages spoken in Africa today can be grouped into four families, or groups of languages thought to have common origins—Hamito-Semitic, or Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Congo-Kordofanian, Nilo-Saharan, and Khoisan. The Kordofanian languages are spoken in the Sudan. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9109810?&query=benue-congo   (861 words)

TIMELINE Niger-Kordofanian languages are spoken almost everywhere in Africa, from the west coast to the east coast, from Senegal to Kenya, South Africa, southern Sudan, Nigeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Benin Liberia, Sierra Leone. Recently, the Bantu language groups have been determined to be Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian languages. The Mande branch may have broken off from of the Niger-Congo subfamily of the of the Niger-Kordofanian language group as early as 6,000 years ago. www.philosophyforum.net /HistTimeline_files/HistTimeline.htm   (5410 words)

Science Social Sciences Linguistics Languages Natural Niger-Kordofanian Languages On-Line: Bambara - Audio files in RAM format accompanying an introductory and intermediate Indiana University course by Bird, Hutchison, and Kante. Encyclopedia.com: Bantu Languages - Includes information on individual Bantu languages and where they are spoken as well as general characteristics of this language family. Bantu Languages on the Net - For speakers, students, and researchers. www.qmme.com /find/Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Niger-Kordofanian   (238 words)

intro The Bantu languages are a large group of languages spoken all over sub Saharan Africa and include for example Zulu, Bemba, Swahili, and Lingala. Currently Herero is one of Namibia's 13 national languages and is spoken by about 6,5% of the total population. Herero is a Bantu language spoken mainly in Namibia. web.soas.ac.uk /artarch/Herero/intro.htm   (337 words)

The U of MT -- Mansfield Library LangFing Benue-Congo pt. 2 You have reached the second page of Benue-Congo languages, which is just one part of the "Language Finger" homepage, which is an index by language to the holdings of the Mansfield Library of The University of Montana. Kongo is spoken in Zaire, Congo, and Angola. Swahili is the official language of both Tanzania and Kenya; it is also spoken in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zaire. www.lib.umt.edu /guide/lang/benucg2h.htm   (1067 words)

Exerts From "Amharic Verb Morphology: A Generative Approach" Not only are the languages spoken by most Ethiopians genetically related, but (as Ferguson 1970 and 1976 has shown) the phenomenon of diffusion of traits over a large area has resulted in even more sharing of common features than one would expect among languages of three coordinate branches of a super-family. The eight named languages might be considered the major Ethiopian languages: they account for about 5/6 of the total population, and no other language exceeds 500,000 speakers. Names of languages and groups with Ethiopian representation are underlined. www.abyssiniagateway.net /info/bender.html   (1976 words)

lang_African.html The Kordofanian languages, found in the Nuba Hills of Kordofan, are related by similarities between their pronominal forms, particularly in the independent pronouns of the singular, and in the noun prefix system. The language of the Ethiopian church liturgy, Gecez, gave rise to the Semitic cluster of languages, Amharic, Tigrinya, and Tigre. Of the Semitic languages, Arabic was carried beyond its original home in the Arabian Peninsula and spread throughout the Arabian Empire and is spoken across North Africa to the Atlantic coast, and Arabic and Hebrew are used by Muslims and Jews in other parts of the world. web.syr.edu /~mdlattim/e_dox/africa/lang_African.html   (6785 words)

Science & Technology > Social Sciences > Language & Linguistics > Natural Languages > Niger-Kordofanian Bantu languages on Encyclopedia.com - Bantu languages, group of African languages forming a subdivision of the Benue-Niger division of the Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian language family (see African languages). The Kamanakao Association - The Kamanakao Association: dedicated to developing and maintaining the language and culture of the Wayeyi people of Botswana. GradSchools.com - GradSchools.com is the leading online resource for graduate school information and includes a comprehensive directory of graduate programs. www.naxa.com /Science_and_Technology/Social_Sciences/Language_and_Linguistics/Natural_Languages/Niger-Kordofanian   (153 words)

Conference Center The Kordofanian languages are spoken in the area of the Nuba Hills. The Nilo-Saharan family comprises languages spoken along the savanna zone south of the Sahara from the middle Niger to the Nile, with outlying groups among the Para-Nilotic pastoralists of eastern Africa. The languages spoken are branches of one great Niger-Congo family, including the Mande, Voltaic, Kwa, Adamawa-Eastern, and West-Atlantic groups. www.spring.net /yapp-bin/public/read/cultures/29   (9140 words)

Netscape Search Category - Akan Akan Area of Ghana Map with the geographic distribution of Ghanaian languages. Learning Akan 1 On ALI AKAN (African Languages through Internet) - a pilot project with the University of Zurich, Switzerland. First Language Speakers The number of those who speak Akan as their first language is estimated to be 7 Mio. search-intl.netscape.com /Science/Social_Sciences/Language_and_Linguistics/Natural_Languages/Niger-Kordofanian_Languages/Akan   (185 words)

The U of MT -- Mansfield Library LangFing Benue-Congo, pt. 1 updated 4-2-2004 Benga (Niger-Kordofanian) belongs to the Northwest Bantu sub-branch of the Strict Bantu sub-branch of the Bantoid sub-branch of the Benue-Congo sub-branch of the Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian family of languages. updated 4-1-2003 Ibibio (Niger-Kordofanian) belongs to the Bantoid sub-branch of the Benue- Congo sub-branch of the Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian family of languages. You have reached the first of 3 pages on Benue-Congo languages, which is just one part of the "Language Finger" homepage, which is an index by language to the holdings of the Mansfield Library of The University of Montana. www.lib.umt.edu /guide/lang/benucg1h.htm   (589 words)

Swahili - Niger-Kordofanian - Natural - Languages - Linguistics - Social Sciences - Science - Swahili Language - A description of Swahili with information on noun classes and grammar. Noun Classification in Swahili - A scholarly paper on the Swahili language by Ellen Contini-Morava Archive of Popular Swahili - Swahili texts mostly collected in Zaire by Johannes Fabian and made accessible by the Journal of 'Language and Popular Culture in Africa'. 67.15.4.135 /cont/Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Niger-Kordofanian/Swahili   (234 words)

All.info: Arts and Humanities / Language / Niger-Kordofanian Languages / You are in: Arts and Humanities / Language / Niger-Kordofanian Languages / All.info: Arts and Humanities / Language / Niger-Kordofanian Languages / Africana Webserver, The Department of African Languages and Cultures, Ghent... allinfo.com /directory/Arts_and_Humanities/Language/Niger_Kordofanian_Languages   (69 words)

Web resources for Niger-Congo languages There are some 1000-1500 Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian) languages spoken from western Africa via eastern Africa to southern Africa. The Niger-Congo languages: a classification and description of Africa's largest language family. Niger-Congo languages according to the Ethnologue, web edition. goto.glocalnet.net /maho/webresources/nigercongo.html   (201 words)

Web resources for African languages There are anywhere between 1500 and 2000 languages in Africa. Several links added to Bisharat's discussion boards, which deal with the use of African languages on computers and the internet. Although much field work is being carried out by a number of eminent Africanists, and many publications do see the light of day, in general access to good descriptive materials is hard to come by and often fragmentary. goto.glocalnet.net /maho/webresources   (249 words)

Open Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural Languages of the World - A description of major world languages and language families, with links. The World's Top Twenty Spoken Languages - Estimates for the world's top 20 languages (given in millions) on the basis of the number of mother-tongue (first-language) speakers and population estimates for those countries where the language has official status. Language Families - Maps of the various language families, with background reference material, based on Encyclopaedia Britannica material. dmoz.org /Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural   (637 words)

Omniseek: Art: /Arts & Humanities /Humanities /Language and Linguistics /Natural Languages /Niger-Kordofanian Languages Omniseek: Art: /Arts & Humanities /Humanities /Language and Linguistics /Natural Languages /Niger-Kordofanian Languages Historically the term refers to the languages of sub-Saharan Africa, which do not belong to a single family, but are divided among several distinct linguistic s Decimal vs. Duodecimal: An interaction between two systems of numeration MATSUSHITA, Shuji Background Though the quinary system of numeration dominates among the languages of West Africa, decimal counting are found all over the area. artsandhumanities.omniseek.com /srch/{70246}   (255 words)

Tiscali - Search of the Yoruba language from the Ethnologue: Languages of Nigeria. Part of "Ethnologue: Languages of the World", 13th Edition; Barbara F. Grimes, Editor; Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1996. Alake, expert on the Yoruba language, from the Dutch database of Africanists. directory.tiscali.it /Science/Social_Sciences/Language_and_Linguistics/Natural_Languages/Niger-Kordofanian/Yoruba   (98 words)

Wordgumbo: Niger-Kordofanian Languages The Niger-Kordofanian language group covers most of Central Africa and includes most of the best-known and widely-spoken sub-Saharan African languages. It includes the Bantu group, which Swahili, Zulu and Tswana are members of, and Niger-Congo, of which Yoruba is a member. www.wordgumbo.com /nk   (41 words)

Encyclopedia.com - Results for African languages : Niger-Kordofanian Here's the new Location for: African languages Niger-Kordofanian Encyclopedia.com - Results for African languages : Niger-Kordofanian Please update your link and click below to go to the new location. www.encyclopedia.com /articles/00169Niger-Kordofanian.html   (29 words)

Dictionary niger , Republic of Niger -- a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert , Niger River -- an African river; flows into the South Atlantic www.dictionarydefinition.net /niger.html   (48 words)

Niger-Kordofanian Languages Home: Arts_and_Humanities > Humanities > Languages > Natural_Languages > Niger-Kordofanian Languages Offers information on the language, fonts and installation guide, alphabet, phonology, morphology, orthography, and learning material. Provides online dictionaries, language names, bibliography, downloadable maps, mapmaker and computational tools. www.joeant.com /DIR/cat/11220   (66 words)

Encyclopædia Britannica See also other topics related to Niger-Kordofanian languages If you want a specific answer or hope to discover unexpected relationships, searching can offer both precision and the possibility of new directions for exploration. 0-www.search.eb.com.library.uor.edu /eb/topic?idxStructId=414809&typeId=13   (64 words)

AFRICA Features: Great Rift Valley, containing most of the great lakes of E Africa (except Lake Victoria); Atlas Mountains in the NW; Drakensberg mountain range in the SE; Sahara Desert (world's largest desert) in the N; Namib, Kalahari, and Great Karoo deserts in the S; Nile, Zaïre, Niger, Zambezi, Limpopo, Volta, and Orange rivers. The highest points are Mount Kilimanjaro 5,900 m/19,364 ft, and Mount Kenya 5,200 m/17,058 ft; the lowest point is Lac Assal in Djibouti -144 m/-471 ft. Compared with other continents, Africa has few broad estuaries or inlets and therefore has proportionately the shortest coastline (24,000 km/15,000 mi). www.fortunecity.com /oasis/skegness/394/africa.htm   (283 words)

1Up Science > Links Directory > Social Sciences: Language and Linguistics: Natural Languages: Niger-Kordofanian: Ewe 1Up Science: Links Directory: Social Sciences: Language and Linguistics: Natural Languages: Niger-Kordofanian: Ewe 1Up Science > Links Directory > Social Sciences: Language and Linguistics: Natural Languages: Niger-Kordofanian: Ewe Ethnologue's information on the languages of Ghana, including Ewe. www.1upscience.com /links/niger-kordofanian-ewe.html   (127 words)

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