1. The family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
   - Niger-Kordofanian

Type of: natural language, tongue

• aborad
• aboral
• aboriginal
• Aboriginal Australian
• aborigine
• aborning
• abort
• aborticide
• abortifacient
• abortion
• abortion pill
• abortion-inducing drug
• abortionist
• abortive
• abortively
• abortus
• aboulia
• aboulic
• abound
• abound in
• abounding
• about
• about time
• about turn
• about-face