American
[bey-nwey-kong-goh]
/ ˈbeɪ nweɪˈkɒŋ goʊ /
noun
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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.
noun
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a branch of the Niger-Congo family of African languages, consisting of the Bantu languages together with certain other languages of W Africa
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adjective
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relating or belonging to this group of languages
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2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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In 1883-1884 he made another journey up the Benue, crossing for the second time the Benue-Congo watershed.
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