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

• monochromia
• monochromic
• monochromous
• monocle
• monocled
• monoclinal
• monocline
• monoclinic
• monoclinous
• monoclonal
• monoclonal antibody
• monocoque
• monocot
• monocot family
• monocot genus
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• Monocotyledones
• monocotyledonous
• monocracy
• monocrat
• monocular
• monocular vision
• monoculture
• monocycle