page_title: Niger–Congo languages
hierarchical_section_title: Niger–Congo languages
caption_attribution_description: Map of languages of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Benin, showing subgrooups of the systematics of the Niger-Congo-family such as exmples of the Atlantic branch (Ful), the Mande branch (Bokobaru), the North-Volta-group of the Volta-Congo-branch (parts of Kru and of Adamawa-Ubangui), of the South-Volta Group most of West Benue, the whole Platoid, Cross River, and North Bantoid groups, all non-Bantu of the South Bantoid Group, and the northwestern edge of the Bantu area.
context_page_description: The Niger–Congo languages are a language family. They are spoken in the southern half of Africa. They may be world's largest language family in terms of number of languages. Most of the most widely spoken languages of Subsaharan Africa belong to this group. A common part of many Niger-Congo languages is the use of a noun class system. The most widely spoken Niger-Congo languages by native speakers are Yoruba, Igbo, Fula and Shona. The most widely spoken by total number of speakers is Swahili.
context_section_description: The Niger–Congo languages are a language family. They are spoken in the southern half of Africa.  They may be world's largest language family in terms of number of languages.  Most of the most widely spoken languages of Subsaharan Africa belong to this group.  A common part of many Niger-Congo languages is the use of a noun class system. The most widely spoken Niger-Congo languages by native speakers are Yoruba, Igbo, Fula and Shona. The most widely spoken by total number of speakers is Swahili.
caption: Map of languages of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Benin,
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