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- Volta–Congo_languages abstract "In the classification of African languages, Volta–Congo is a hypothetical major branch of the Niger–Congo family. Comparative linguistic research by John M. Stewart in the sixties and seventies helped establish the genetic unity of Volta–Congo and shed light on its internal structure, but the results remain tentative. Williamson and Blench (2000) note that in many cases it is difficult to draw clear lines between the branches of Volta–Congo and suggest that this might indicate the diversification of a dialect continuum rather than a clear separation of families. This had been suggested before by Bennet (1983 as cited in Williamson and Blench 2000:17) in the case of the Gur and Adamawa–Ubangi languages, which apart from Ubangian are now linked together as Savannas. Other branches are Kru, Senufo, Kwa, and Benue–Congo, which includes the well-known and particularly numerous Bantu group. The relationship of Kwa to Benue–Congo (named Benue–Kwa), and the eastern and western branches of Benue–Congo to each other, remain obscure. The vowel systems of Volta–Congo languages have been the subject of much historical comparative linguistic debate. Casali (1995) defends the hypothesis that the proto-Volta–Congo language originally had a nine- or ten-vowel system employing vowel harmony and that this set has been reduced to a seven vowel-system in many Volta–Congo languages. The Ghana–Togo Mountain languages are examples of languages where nine- or ten-vowel systems are still found.".
- Volta–Congo_languages thumbnail Niger-Congo_map.png?width=300.
- Volta–Congo_languages wikiPageID "1647773".
- Volta–Congo_languages wikiPageRevisionID "603008514".
- Volta–Congo_languages child Benue–Congo_languages.
- Volta–Congo_languages child Kru_languages.
- Volta–Congo_languages child Kwa_languages.
- Volta–Congo_languages child Savanna_languages.
- Volta–Congo_languages child Volta–Niger_languages.
- Volta–Congo_languages child "? Senufo".
- Volta–Congo_languages fam Atlantic–Congo_languages.
- Volta–Congo_languages familycolor "Niger-Congo".
- Volta–Congo_languages glotto "volt1241".
- Volta–Congo_languages name "Volta–Congo".
- Volta–Congo_languages region West_Africa.
- Volta–Congo_languages subject Category:Niger–Congo_languages.
- Volta–Congo_languages comment "In the classification of African languages, Volta–Congo is a hypothetical major branch of the Niger–Congo family. Comparative linguistic research by John M. Stewart in the sixties and seventies helped establish the genetic unity of Volta–Congo and shed light on its internal structure, but the results remain tentative.".
- Volta–Congo_languages label "Języki wolta-kongijskie".
- Volta–Congo_languages label "Langues voltaïco-congolaises".
- Volta–Congo_languages label "Lenguas Volta-Congo".
- Volta–Congo_languages label "Lingue volta-congo".
- Volta–Congo_languages label "Línguas volta-congolesas".
- Volta–Congo_languages label "Volta-Congotalen".
- Volta–Congo_languages label "Volta-Kongo-Sprachen".
- Volta–Congo_languages label "Volta–Congo languages".
- Volta–Congo_languages label "Вольта-конголезские языки".
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs Volta%E2%80%93Congo_languages.
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs Volta-Kongo-Sprachen.
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs Lenguas_Volta-Congo.
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs Langues_voltaïco-congolaises.
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs Lingue_volta-congo.
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs 볼타콩고어군.
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs Volta-Congotalen.
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs Języki_wolta-kongijskie.
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs Línguas_volta-congolesas.
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs Q37228.
- Volta–Congo_languages sameAs Q37228.
- Volta–Congo_languages wasDerivedFrom Volta–Congo_languages?oldid=603008514.
- Volta–Congo_languages depiction Niger-Congo_map.png.