Bantoid cross-languages

The bantoid cross languages ( Bantoid-Cross for short ) form together with the platoid languages the East Benue-Congo , a branch of the Benue-Congo languages , which in turn belong to the Niger-Congo .

The approximately 700 languages ​​are spoken by around 220 million people in Nigeria , Cameroon and all of Central and South Africa. Bantoid-Cross falls into two main groups:

• Bantoid Cross
  • Cross River (65 languages, 6 million speakers, Southeast Nigeria, Cameroon)
  • Bantoid (650 languages, 215 million speakers, northeast Nigeria, central and South Africa)

The bantoid languages ​​include the large group of the Bantu languages .

See also

• East Benue Congo languages
• Platoid languages

literature

• Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse (eds.): African Languages. An Introduction. Cambridge University Press 2000.
  In it: Kay Williamson and Roger Blench: Niger-Congo.
• John Bendor-Samuel (Ed.): The Niger-Congo Languages: A Classification and Description of Africa's Largest Language Family. University Press of America, Lanham, New York, London 1989.
  Therein: Nicholas G. Faraclas: Cross River and John R. Watters: Bantoid Overview .

Web links

• Ernst Kausen, The Classification of the Benue-Congo Languages ​​within the Niger-Congo. (DOC; 232 kB)