Benue-Congo (mararka qaar loogu yeero East Benue-Congo) waa qeyb ka mid ah qooyska reerka Niger-Congo ee ka kooban Afrika inteeda badan Saharan. Waxay ka kooban tahay laba qaybood oo waaweyn: luqadaha Central Nigerian (ama Platoid), oo inta badan lagu hadlo af-ingiriisiga, iyo luqadaha Bantoid-Cross, oo looga hadlayo Nigeria, Cameroon iyo inta badan Afrikaanka hoose ee Saharan, maaddaama ay ku jiraan luqadaha Bantu Laanta koonfureed ee koonfureed). Central Nigerian (ama Platoid) waxaa ku jira qoysaska Plateau, Jukunoid iyo Kainji, Bantoid-Cross waxay isku daraan kooxaha Bantoid iyo Cross River. Bantoid waa erey guud oo loogu talagalay subfamily kasta oo Bantoid-Cross ka baxsan marka laga reebo Cross Cross, taasina mar dambe lama arki karo sida sameynta laanta saxda ah, hase yeeshee mid ka mid ah subfamilies, Southern Bantoid, weli waa la tixgeliyaa. Waa Kantan Bantoid oo ka kooban luqadaha Bantu, oo looga hadlayo inta badan Afrika. Tani waxay ka dhigeysaa Benue-Congo mid ka mid ah qaybta ugu weyn ee qoyska reer Niger-Congo, labadaba luuqadaha, kuwaas oo Ethnologu ku tiraahda 976 (2017), iyo kuwa ku hadla, tirinta malaha 350 milyan.