Atlantic-Congo

The Atlantic-Congo languages make up the largest demonstrated family of languages in Africa, sharing characteristic noun class systems and forming the core of the broader Niger-Congo family hypothesis. The family comprises all of Niger-Congo apart from Mande, Dogon, Ijoid, Siamou, Kru and the Katla and Rashad languages formerly classified as Kordofanian, and perhaps some or all of the Ubangian languages. Linguist Hans Gunther Mukarovsky's earlier grouping Western Nigritic corresponded roughly to what is now called Atlantic-Congo, and the Glottolog classification, based primarily on Tom Güldemann's 2018 work, gives a more limited evaluation consisting basically of Volta-Congo and the erstwhile West Atlantic languages.