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Niger–Congo

language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa, uniting the Mande languages, the Atlantic-Congo languages and possibly several smaller groups of languages
Language language_family Q33838
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Summary

Niger–Congo is a language family[1]. Niger–Congo ranks in the top 2% of language family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,535 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: human language[3]
  • Commons category: Niger-Congo languages[4]
  • Said to be the same as: Niger-Kordofanian[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Niger–Congo languages[6]
  • Topic has template: Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)[7], Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones C–D)[8], Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)[9], Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)[10], Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones N–S)[11]
  • Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133076199[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

Niger–Congo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Niger–Congo is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C161852
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 24787, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → human language
    Topic has template → Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B), Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones C–D), Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H) +2
    Umls cui → C0574420
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Umls cui: C0574420"
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