Niger–Congon.

Brit.

/ˌnʌɪdʒəˈkɒŋɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌnaɪdʒərˈkɑŋˌɡoʊ/

Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper names Niger, Congo.

Etymology: < Niger (see Niger n.²) + Congo (see Congolese n. and adj.), the names of two African rivers: see quot. 1949.

A phylum of African languages which includes those spoken by most of the indigenous peoples of western, central, and southern Africa, including the Bantu, Mande, Gur, Kwa, and other language families. Usually attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo

Nigritic1883

Niger–Congo1949

1949 J. H. Greenberg in Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. 5 85 To the entire family consisting of the West Sudanic nucleus inclusive of Bantu, plus this eastward extension, I have preferred to adopt a new name of a non-committal geographic nature, Niger–Congo, from the two great rivers in whose basins these languages predominate.

1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk iii. 31 The Niger–Congo languages are characterised by differences of meaning which depend upon pitch—or ‘tone’—and stress.

1970 R. Finnegan Oral Lit. in Afr. iii. 55 In the opinion of some recent scholars, even this large Bantu group is only one subdivision within a much larger family, the ‘Niger–Congo’ group, which also includes most of the languages of West Africa.

1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics III. 94/2 Current consensus is that the Mande and Kordofanian families split off from Niger–Congo before other divisions took place, though not necessarily at the same time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niger–congo
释义	Niger–Congon. Brit. /ˌnʌɪdʒəˈkɒŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˌnaɪdʒərˈkɑŋˌɡoʊ/ Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper names Niger, Congo. Etymology: < Niger (see Niger n.²) + Congo (see Congolese n. and adj.), the names of two African rivers: see quot. 1949. A phylum of African languages which includes those spoken by most of the indigenous peoples of western, central, and southern Africa, including the Bantu, Mande, Gur, Kwa, and other language families. Usually attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo Nigritic1883 Niger–Congo1949 1949 J. H. Greenberg in Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. 5 85 To the entire family consisting of the West Sudanic nucleus inclusive of Bantu, plus this eastward extension, I have preferred to adopt a new name of a non-committal geographic nature, Niger–Congo, from the two great rivers in whose basins these languages predominate. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk iii. 31 The Niger–Congo languages are characterised by differences of meaning which depend upon pitch—or ‘tone’—and stress. 1970 R. Finnegan Oral Lit. in Afr. iii. 55 In the opinion of some recent scholars, even this large Bantu group is only one subdivision within a much larger family, the ‘Niger–Congo’ group, which also includes most of the languages of West Africa. 1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics III. 94/2 Current consensus is that the Mande and Kordofanian families split off from Niger–Congo before other divisions took place, though not necessarily at the same time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1949
随便看	raisin bread raisin brew raisin cake raisin frail raisin grape raisin juice raisin pudding raisin tree raisin vine raisin wine raisin-coloured raisincoloured raising raising agent raising bee raising cloth raising cord raising dinner raising gig raising gin raising hammer raising machine raising motion raising plate raising room