The Niger–Congo language family is the largest group of Africa (and probably of the world) in terms of the number of languages. One of its salient features is an elaborate [[noun class]] system with grammatical [[agreement (linguistics)|concord]]. The vast majority of languages of this family are [[tonal language|tonal]] such as [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] and [[Igbo language|Igbo]], [[Akan language|Ashanti]], and [[Ewe language]]. A major branch of Niger–Congo languages is the [[Bantu languages|Bantu family]], which covers a greater geographic area than the rest of the family put together (see Niger–Congo B (Bantu) in the map above). |
The Niger–Congo language family is the largest group of Africa (and probably of the world) in terms of the number of languages. One of its salient features is an elaborate [[noun class]] system with grammatical [[agreement (linguistics)|concord]]. The vast majority of languages of this family are [[tonal language|tonal]] such as [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] and [[Igbo language|Igbo]], [[Akan language|Ashanti]], and [[Ewe language]]. A major branch of Niger–Congo languages is the [[Bantu languages|Bantu family]], which covers a greater geographic area than the rest of the family put together (see Niger–Congo B (Bantu) in the map above). |