Benue-Congo

[ bey-nwey-kong-goh ]

noun

1. a branch of Niger-Congo that comprises a large number of languages, as Efik, Tiv, and the Bantu languages, spoken in central and southern Africa.

Benue-Congo

noun

1. a branch of the Niger-Congo family of African languages, consisting of the Bantu languages together with certain other languages of W Africa

adjective

1. relating or belonging to this group of languages