Niger-Congo

English Etymology Coined in the 1950s by Joseph Greenberg, from the name of the two principal rivers in the area in which this language family is spoken, the Niger River and the Congo River. Proper noun + languages en linguistics A major language family of sub-Saharan Africa noted for the use of a noun class system. en Niger-Kordofanian Noun A speaker of any Niger-Congo language, or a member of a Niger-Congo culture by ancestry or other affinity. en by extension An African descendant of the transatlantic middle passage in the Americas. Adjective - Belonging to the Niger-Congo language family, or pertaining to its associated peoples. Translations the language family Finnish: fi niger-kongolaiset kielet p Galician: gl níxer-congo m en Language families