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| has gloss | eng: The Volta-Niger family of languages, also known as West Benue-Congo or East Kwa, is one of the branches of the Niger-Congo language family, with perhaps 50 million speakers. Among these are the most important languages of southern Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and southeast Ghana: Yoruba, Igbo, Bini, Fon, and Ewe. |
| lexicalization | eng: Volta-Niger languages |
| lexicalization | eng: Volta-Niger language |
| lexicalization | eng: Volta–Niger languages |
| subclass of | language/alv |
| subclass of | (noun) a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" language, linguistic communication |
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| Arabic | |
| lexicalization | ara: لغات فولتاوية كونغولية |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: Línguas volta-níger |
| Russian | |
| has gloss | rus: Вольта-нигерские языки, известны также как Западные бенуэ-конголезские языки или восточные языки ква — относительно недавно (Williamson & Blench, 2000) выделенная лингвистами из семьи ква семья языков, входящая в макросемью нигеро-конголезских языков. Число носителей составляет около 50 млн. В состав данной семьи входят такие распространённые языки, как йоруба, игбо, эдо (бини), фон и эве. |
| lexicalization | rus: Вольта-нигерские языки |
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| has subclass | language/ahn |
| has subclass | language/aqg |
| has subclass | language/aye |
| has subclass | language/ibe |
| has subclass | e/Akoko language |
| has subclass | e/Ayere-Ahan languages |
| has subclass | e/Benue-Congo |
| has subclass | e/Edoid languages |
| has subclass | e/Gbe languages |
| has subclass | e/Igboid languages |
| has subclass | e/Yoruboid languages |
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| media:img | Nigeria Benin Cameroon languages.png |
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