Key facts
- Geographic distribution
- Africa , from Nigeria eastwards and southwards
- Linguistic classification
- Niger–Congo ? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Benue–Congo
- Subdivisions
- Bantoid – Cross Jukunoid Kainji Plateau Yukubenic Fali Tita ? Ukaan
- Glottolog
- benu1247
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- language family
- Subclass of
- Niger–Congo
- Image
- Map of the Benue–Congo languages.svg
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- Commons category
- Benue-Congo languages
- topic's main category
- Category:Benue–Congo languages
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 380000000
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Encyclopedic overview
Benue–Congo (sometimes called East Benue–Congo) is a major branch of the Volta–Congo languages which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Subdivisions
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benue–Congo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.