Meaning of "Benue-Congo" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF BENUE-CONGO

Benue-Congo

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BENUE-CONGO

Benue-Congo can act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BENUE-CONGO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Benue–Congo languages

The Benue–Congo group of languages constitutes the largest branch of the Niger–Congo language family, both in terms of sheer number of languages, of which Ethnologue counts 900, and in terms of speakers, numbering perhaps 350 million. Within Niger–Congo, Benue–Congo is a branch of Atlantic–Congo, and perhaps also of Volta–Congo if that turns out to be a valid group. When it was first proposed by Joseph Greenberg it included the Volta–Niger languages; the boundary with those languages and with Kwa has been repeatedly debated. Blench states that if Benue–Congo is taken to be "the noun-class languages east and north of the Niger", it is likely to be a valid group, though no demonstration of this has been made in print. The branches of the Benue–Congo family are thought to be as follows: ▪ Bantoid–Cross ▪ Cross River ▪ Mambiloid ▪ ?Fam ▪ ?Dakoid ▪ ?Tikar ▪ Southern Bantoid ▪ Central Nigerian AKA Platoid ▪ Jukunoid ▪ Kainji ▪ Plateau Ukaan is also related to Benue–Congo; Roger Blench suspects it may be either the most divergent language Benue–Congo language, or the closest relative to Benue–Congo.

Definition of Benue-Congo in the English dictionary

The definition of Benue-Congo in the dictionary is a branch of the Niger-Congo family of African languages, consisting of the Bantu languages together with certain other languages of W Africa. Other definition of Benue-Congo is relating or belonging to this group of languages.

TRANSLATION OF BENUE-CONGO

Find out the translation of Benue-Congo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Benue-Congo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Benue-Congo» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 贝努埃 - 刚果
• Translator English - Spanish: Benue - Congo
• English: Benue-Congo
• Translator English - Hindi: बेनुए - कांगो
• Translator English - Arabic: بينو الكونغو
• Translator English - Russian: Бенуэ - Конго
• Translator English - Portuguese: Benue - Congo
• Translator English - Bengali: Benue-কঙ্গো
• Translator English - French: Benue - Congo
• Translator English - Malay: Benue-Congo
• Translator English - German: Benue - Kongo
• Translator English - Japanese: ベヌエ·コンゴ
• Translator English - Korean: 베누 콩고
• Translator English - Javanese: Benue-Congo
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Benue -Congo
• Translator English - Tamil: Benue-காங்கோ
• Translator English - Marathi: बेनू-कांगो
• Translator English - Turkish: Benue-Kongo
• Translator English - Italian: Benue - Congo
• Translator English - Polish: Benue - Kongo
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Бенуе - Конго
• Translator English - Romanian: Benue - Congo
• Translator English - Greek: Μπενουέ - Κονγκό
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Benue - Kongo
• Translator English - Swedish: Benue - Kongo
• Translator English - Norwegian: Benue - Kongo

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BENUE-CONGO»

Discover the use of Benue-Congo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Benue-Congo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Secret Manipulations: Language and Context in Africa

Pangwa (Bantu, Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo): Tanzania Pare (Bantu, Benue- Congo, Niger-Congo): Tanzania Piya (Chadic, Afroasiatic): Nigeria Platoid (sub- family; Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo): Nigeria Portuguese (Italic, Indo-European)  ...

Anne Storch, 2011

The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia: ...

Family and Language Country Vernacular name Ruguru [Lugu, Luguru] Tanzania mpela55, mpele53 Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Central, H, Yaka Suku Tanzania mwanda53,55, mwandu53,55, ng' wandu53, ngwandu55 ...

Gerald E. Wickens, Pat Lowe, 2008

An Introduction to African Languages

Number of languages in Africa (Bendor- Samuel 1989, Crystal 1995) Languages Speakers Bantu 400+ 60 million Benue-Congo 800 150 million Niger-Congo 1350-1650 180 million Africa 2000 480 million By comparison, Kordofanian, ...

George Tucker Childs, 2003

Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World

languages or groups, the last of which is Bantu. The term 'Old Benue–Congo' refers to this scenario. Views of Benue–Congo in the Late Twentieth Century Bennett and Sterk (1977) noted that lexicostatistics led to some major changes in  ...

‎2010

Gabon Country Study Guide

Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, B, Njebi (B.50). NT 1968-1979. Bible portions 1958- 1959. PINJI(GAPINJI, APINJI, APINDJI, APINDJE) [PIC] 5,000 (1990 CMA). Ngounie ...

USA (PRD) International Business Publications, Usa Ibp, 2004

Gabon Foreign Policy and Government Guide

Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, B, Njebi (B.50). NT 1968-1979. Bible portions 1958- 1959. PINJI(GAPINJI, APINJI, APINDJI, APINDJE) [PIC] 5,000 (1990 CMA). Ngounie ...

International Business Publications, USA., 2007

Botswana Safari Guide: Okavango Delta, Chobe, Northern Kalahari

BANTU LANGUAGES Setswana Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Sotho- Tswana (S30), Tswana. Around 70% of the population speak Setswana (also ...

Chris McIntyre, 2014

African Languages: An Introduction

Animate/non-animate common in 3rd person Sentence order SMVOA; Postpositions Noun phrase Gen + N; Poss + N; N + Adj; N + Num; N + Dem; N + Definite 2.5.7.2 Benue-Congo 2.5.7.2.1 The definition of Benue-Congo The Benue-Congo ...

Bernd Heine, Derek Nurse, 2000

The World's Major Languages

The Benue-Congo languages are distributed throughout east, central and southern Africa, extending as far west as Nigeria. Four sub-branches of Benue- Congo can be distinguished, of which the most important is Bantoid – the branch  ...

Bernard Comrie, 2009

Gabon Mineral & Mining Sector Investment and Business Guide

Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, B, Njebi (B.50). NT 1968-1979. Bible portions 1958- 1959. PINJI(GAPINJI, APINJI, APINDJI, APINDJE) [PIC] 5,000 (1990 CMA). Ngounie ...

Ibpus.com, USA International Business Publications, 2007

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BENUE-CONGO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Benue-Congo is used in the context of the following news items.

Ebre: A Dance For Liberation

The Ibibio people are Kwa speaking people of the Benue-Congo group from the Niger-Congo language, occupying the palm belt in the ... «Leadership Newspapers, Mar 15»

Zambia: Mankoya not part of Barotseland

... own language, Shinkoya, (www.ethnologue.com) and classified as belonging to Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, ... «UKZAMBIANS, Dec 10»