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- Benue–Congo_languages abstract "The Benue–Congo group of languages constitutes the largest branch of the Niger–Congo language family, both in terms of sheer number of languages, of which Ethnologue (2009) counts 900, and in terms of speakers, numbering perhaps 350 million. Within Niger–Congo, Benue–Congo is a branch of Atlantic–Congo, and perhaps also of Volta–Congo if that turns out to be a valid group. When it was first proposed by Joseph Greenberg (1963) it included the Volta–Niger languages (as West Benue–Congo); the boundary with those languages and with Kwa has been repeatedly debated. Blench (2012) states that if Benue–Congo is taken to be "the noun-class languages east and north of the Niger", it is likely to be a valid group, though no demonstration of this has been made in print.The branches of the Benue–Congo family are thought to be as follows:Bantoid–Cross Cross RiverMambiloid?Fam?Dakoid?TikarSouthern Bantoid Central Nigerian AKA Platoid Jukunoid Kainji PlateauUkaan is also related to Benue–Congo; Roger Blench suspects it may be either the most divergent language (East) Benue–Congo language, or the closest relative to Benue–Congo.Fali of Baissa and Tita are also Benue–Congo, but are otherwise unclassified.".
- Benue–Congo_languages thumbnail Nigeria_Benin_Cameroon_languages.png?width=300.
- Benue–Congo_languages wikiPageID "549843".
- Benue–Congo_languages wikiPageRevisionID "602520405".
- Benue–Congo_languages altname "East Benue–Congo".
- Benue–Congo_languages child "?Fali of Baissa".
- Benue–Congo_languages child "?Tita".
- Benue–Congo_languages child "?Ukaan".
- Benue–Congo_languages child "Bantoid – Cross River".
- Benue–Congo_languages child "Central Nigerian".
- Benue–Congo_languages fam Atlantic–Congo.
- Benue–Congo_languages familycolor "Niger-Congo".
- Benue–Congo_languages glotto "benu1247".
- Benue–Congo_languages map "Nigeria Benin Cameroon languages.png".
- Benue–Congo_languages mapcaption "Some important branches of the Volta–Niger and Benue–Congo families are concentrated in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Benin.".
- Benue–Congo_languages name "Benue–Congo".
- Benue–Congo_languages region "Subsaharan Africa, from Nigeria east and south".
- Benue–Congo_languages subject Category:Benue–Congo_languages.
- Benue–Congo_languages comment "The Benue–Congo group of languages constitutes the largest branch of the Niger–Congo language family, both in terms of sheer number of languages, of which Ethnologue (2009) counts 900, and in terms of speakers, numbering perhaps 350 million. Within Niger–Congo, Benue–Congo is a branch of Atlantic–Congo, and perhaps also of Volta–Congo if that turns out to be a valid group.".
- Benue–Congo_languages label "Benue-Congotalen".
- Benue–Congo_languages label "Benue-Kongo-Sprachen".
- Benue–Congo_languages label "Benue–Congo languages".
- Benue–Congo_languages label "Języki benue-kongijskie".
- Benue–Congo_languages label "Langues bénoué-congolaises".
- Benue–Congo_languages label "Lenguas Benue-Congo".
- Benue–Congo_languages label "Lingue Benue-Congo".
- Benue–Congo_languages label "Línguas benue-congolesas".
- Benue–Congo_languages label "Бенуэ-конголезские языки".
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs Benue%E2%80%93Congo_languages.
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs Benue-Kongo-Sprachen.
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs Lenguas_Benue-Congo.
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs Langues_bénoué-congolaises.
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs Lingue_Benue-Congo.
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs 베누에콩고어.
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs Benue-Congotalen.
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs Języki_benue-kongijskie.
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs Línguas_benue-congolesas.
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs Q33253.
- Benue–Congo_languages sameAs Q33253.
- Benue–Congo_languages wasDerivedFrom Benue–Congo_languages?oldid=602520405.
- Benue–Congo_languages depiction Nigeria_Benin_Cameroon_languages.png.