Iilwimi zaseNiger-Congo

Livela

INiger-Congo lusapho lolwimi olucingelwayo oluthethwa kuninzi lwe-Afrika ekwi-sub-Sahara. [1] Idibanisa iilwimi zesiMande, iilwimi zeAtlantiki-eCongo (ezabelana ngenkqubo yeklasi yesibizo), kwaye mhlawumbi amaqela amancinane eelwimi ekunzima ukuwahlela.

Enye yezona mpawu zihlukileyo eziqhelekileyo kwiilwimi ze-Atlantic-Congo kukusetyenziswa kwenkqubo yeklasi yesibizo, eyona nto iyinkqubo yesini enezini ezininzi. [2]

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  1. Good, Jeff (2020) "Niger-Congo, with a special focus on Benue-Congo" in Vossen, Rainer; Gerrit J. Dimmendaal The Oxford Handbook of African Languages Oxford University Press pp. 139–160 ISBN 9780191007378 "The term [Niger–Congo], as presently used, however, is not without its difficulties. On the one hand, it is employed as a referential label for a group of over 1,500 languages, putting it among the largest commonly cited language groups in the world. On the other hand, the term is also intended to embody a hypothesis of genealogical relationship between the referential NC languages that has not been proven (p.139)" 
  2. "Niger-Congo Languages", "The Language Gulper", March 2015