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The 28 pages that link to Niger–Congo languages, each with the reason it gives.

• Bantu expansionNarrower topic: Bantu languages belong to this family, whose distribution informs hypotheses about their deeper origins.

• Bantu languagesNarrower topic: Bantu languages form one of its largest branches.

• Yoruba languageNarrower topic: Yoruba is classified within this family, though its internal subgrouping is debated.

• West AfricaNarrower topic: This wider family situates the region’s linguistic diversity in a continental context.

• Bantu peoplesNarrower topic: Bantu languages belong to this broader family.

• Nguni languagesNarrower topic: The family classification places Nguni within the continent’s largest language grouping.

• Khoisan languagesCompared with: Its family classification contrasts with the uncertain unity of the Khoisan grouping.

• Proto-Bantu languageNarrower topic: Bantu languages are classified within Niger-Congo, placing Proto-Bantu in a wider family tree.

• Joseph GreenbergBroader topic: Greenberg’s classification brought many previously separate groups together under this family.

• Nilo-Saharan languagesCompared with: Some languages near the proposed Nilo-Saharan boundary have been classified differently in Niger-Congo.

• LingalaNarrower topic: This is the broader family that includes Lingala through Bantu.

• Great Lakes Bantu languagesNarrower topic: The wider family places Bantu within Africa’s largest proposed language-family grouping.

• Igbo languageNarrower topic: Igbo belongs to this broad family, though its closest classification is within Volta-Niger.

• FulfuldeNarrower topic: Fulfulde is classified within this family through the Atlantic-Congo branch.

• KirundiNarrower topic: This is the wider family containing Kirundi’s Bantu branch.

• Chadic languagesCompared with: Its languages coexist with Chadic communities but belong to a separate proposed family.

• Fula languageNarrower topic: Fula is generally classified within Niger-Congo, though its deeper subgrouping is disputed.

• Herero languageNarrower topic: This is the broader family to which Herero and other Bantu languages belong.

• Kikuyu languageNarrower topic: This is the wider family that includes Bantu and, through it, Kikuyu.

• Kongo languageNarrower topic: This is the wider family to which Kongo belongs through the Bantu branch.

• Languages of AfricaBroader topic: Its broad reach and internal diversity make it central to the continent’s linguistic map.

• MooréNarrower topic: The Gur branch containing Mooré is classified within this family.

• Venda languageNarrower topic: This is the wider family that includes Bantu and, through it, Venda.

• Culture of AfricaBroader topic: Its branches include many widely spoken languages and shape cultural life across broad regions.

• Luba-KatangaNarrower topic: This is the broader family containing the Bantu branch and Luba-Katanga.

• Ovambo languageNarrower topic: This broader family contains Bantu, the branch to which Ovambo belongs.

• Rwanda-RundiNarrower topic: The Bantu branch containing Rwanda-Rundi is part of this family.

• Sukuma languageNarrower topic: Sukuma ultimately belongs to this family through its Bantu branch.