niger-kordofanian

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niger-kordofanian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Niger-Kordofanian
      n 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) [syn: Niger-Kordofanian, Niger- Kordofanian language
           ]