Atlantic Congo languages

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The Atlantic-Congo languages (ISO-639-5 code [alv]) are a subset of the Niger-Congo languages ; they combine Atlantic languages and Volta-Congo languages .

I.e. According to the classification of the Niger-Congo languages by Bendor-Samuel 1989 and Williamson-Blench (in Heine-Nurse 2000), only Kordofan languages , Mande languages , Ijoide languages and Dogon are excluded from the total .