Igbo Language The Igbo language (Asụsụ Igbo) is the principal language of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. It belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, one of the world’s largest language families, and is further classified under the Atlantic–Congo branch, within the Volta–Niger subgroup. Igbo is closely related to other Volta–Niger languages such as Yoruba, […]
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Ga (Gã) — encyclopedia article Overview Ga (Gã) is a Kwa language of the Niger–Congo family spoken primarily in south-eastern Ghana, especially in and around Accra, by the Ga people. It forms one branch together with Dangme (Adangme) as the Ga–Dangme subgroup and is one of the better-documented Kwa languages because of intensive descriptive work
Fula (Fulani, Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular) Overview.Fula — also called Fula, Fulani, Fulah, or in the language’s own names Fulfulde, Pulaar or Pular — is a broad dialect-continuum of closely related varieties spoken by the Fula (Fulbe) peoples across much of the West and Central African Sahel and savannah belt. It functions both as a first
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Fon (Fɔ̀ngbè) Fon (Fɔ̀ngbè, often written Fongbe or historically called Dahomean) is a major Gbe language of West Africa spoken primarily in southern Benin and in neighbouring parts of Togo and Nigeria. It is the language of the Fon people and one of the most important languages in the southern Beninese cultural and historical area