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单词 Benue-Congo
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Definition of Benue-Congo in English:

Benue-Congo

adjectiveˈbɛnweɪˌbānˌwāˈkäNGɡō
  • Relating to or denoting a major branch of the Niger–Congo family of languages, spoken mainly in Nigeria and including Efik and Fula.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By far the most populous branch of the Niger-Congo family is the Benue-Congo group that includes over 700 languages.
    • Indeed, the Adamawa-Ubangi branches and Benue-Congo of the subfamily Niger-Congo nearly cover the whole Congolese territory.
    • The only published data on eBoze are some hundred words in the Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist.
    • Formerly considered as a Kwa language, recent research has placed Ibo in the Benue-Congo family of languages.
    • The Yorùbá language belongs to the West Benue-Congo of the Niger-Congo.
    • Like most Benue-Congo languages, Ibibio is tonal and is an example of a terraced level tone language.
    • Frequently Niger-Congo is divided into the linguistic subgroups: Atlantic, Benue-Congo, Kwa, Mande and Voltaic.
    • Other African languages which have only singular logophoric pronouns include Babungo, a Grassfields language, Igbo, a Benue-Congo language, and Songhai, a Central Sudanic language.
    • Luganda belons to the Bantu subgroup of the Benue-Congo of the Niger-Congo language family.
nounˈbɛnweɪˌbānˌwāˈkäNGɡō
mass noun
  • The Benue-Congo group of languages.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Formerly considered as a Kwa language, recent research has placed Ibo in the Benue-Congo family of languages.
    • The only published data on eBoze are some hundred words in the Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist.
    • Luganda belons to the Bantu subgroup of the Benue-Congo of the Niger-Congo language family.
    • By far the most populous branch of the Niger-Congo family is the Benue-Congo group that includes over 700 languages.
    • Frequently Niger-Congo is divided into the linguistic subgroups: Atlantic, Benue-Congo, Kwa, Mande and Voltaic.
    • Other African languages which have only singular logophoric pronouns include Babungo, a Grassfields language, Igbo, a Benue-Congo language, and Songhai, a Central Sudanic language.
    • The Yorùbá language belongs to the West Benue-Congo of the Niger-Congo.
    • Like most Benue-Congo languages, Ibibio is tonal and is an example of a terraced level tone language.
    • Indeed, the Adamawa-Ubangi branches and Benue-Congo of the subfamily Niger-Congo nearly cover the whole Congolese territory.

Origin

From the names of rivers.

 
 

Definition of Benue-Congo in US English:

Benue-Congo

adjectiveˌbānˌwāˈkäNGɡō
  • Relating to or denoting a major branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages, spoken mainly in Nigeria and including Efik and Fula.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Like most Benue-Congo languages, Ibibio is tonal and is an example of a terraced level tone language.
    • Other African languages which have only singular logophoric pronouns include Babungo, a Grassfields language, Igbo, a Benue-Congo language, and Songhai, a Central Sudanic language.
    • Luganda belons to the Bantu subgroup of the Benue-Congo of the Niger-Congo language family.
    • Frequently Niger-Congo is divided into the linguistic subgroups: Atlantic, Benue-Congo, Kwa, Mande and Voltaic.
    • By far the most populous branch of the Niger-Congo family is the Benue-Congo group that includes over 700 languages.
    • Formerly considered as a Kwa language, recent research has placed Ibo in the Benue-Congo family of languages.
    • The Yorùbá language belongs to the West Benue-Congo of the Niger-Congo.
    • The only published data on eBoze are some hundred words in the Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist.
    • Indeed, the Adamawa-Ubangi branches and Benue-Congo of the subfamily Niger-Congo nearly cover the whole Congolese territory.
nounˌbānˌwāˈkäNGɡō
  • The Benue-Congo group of languages.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Luganda belons to the Bantu subgroup of the Benue-Congo of the Niger-Congo language family.
    • Indeed, the Adamawa-Ubangi branches and Benue-Congo of the subfamily Niger-Congo nearly cover the whole Congolese territory.
    • Like most Benue-Congo languages, Ibibio is tonal and is an example of a terraced level tone language.
    • By far the most populous branch of the Niger-Congo family is the Benue-Congo group that includes over 700 languages.
    • Frequently Niger-Congo is divided into the linguistic subgroups: Atlantic, Benue-Congo, Kwa, Mande and Voltaic.
    • Formerly considered as a Kwa language, recent research has placed Ibo in the Benue-Congo family of languages.
    • The Yorùbá language belongs to the West Benue-Congo of the Niger-Congo.
    • The only published data on eBoze are some hundred words in the Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist.
    • Other African languages which have only singular logophoric pronouns include Babungo, a Grassfields language, Igbo, a Benue-Congo language, and Songhai, a Central Sudanic language.

Origin

From the names of rivers.

 
 
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