Other Niger-Congo

This group collects African Language Families subcategory members belonging to the Niger-Congo family outside the Bantu branch above, spanning the family's West Atlantic, Mande, Kwa, Gbe, Kru, Gur, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ijoid, Dogon, Kordofanian and non-Bantu Benue-Congo branches (Bantoid, Cross River, Plateau, Defoid, Edoid, Idomoid, Jukunoid, Kainji, Mambiloid, Bendi, Grassfields, Yoruboid, Tivoid, Ogoni among them), overwhelmingly concentrated in West Africa and the Nigeria-Cameroon borderland where Niger-Congo's internal diversity is greatest. Placement follows each member's own description naming a Niger-Congo branch or one of these named subgroups.