Research Guides: Grammars in the TriCo: Niger-Congo

Niger-Congo Family Languages

Akan
Ghana (Niger-Congo)
- Title:The Akan (Twi-Fante) language: its sound systems and tonal structure
Bafaw
Cameroon (Niger-Congo)
Chichewa (Nyanja)
Malawi (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Dogon, Jamsay
Mali (Niger-Congo)
Currently unavailable
Eton
Cameroon (Niger-Congo)
Etsako
Nigeria (Niger-Congo)
- Title: A Tonal Grammar of Etsako
- Tone Language
- Alternate Names: Yekhee, Afenmai, Etsakor, Iyekhee
Fanti
Ghana (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Fulfulde, Adamawa
Cameroon and Other West/Central African Countries (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Gbeya
Central African Republic (Niger-Congo)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone Language: discussion pp. 34, 36
Kaonde
Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo (Niger-Congo)
- Alternate Names: Kikaonde, Chikahonde, Chikaonde, Kawonde, Luba Kaonde
Kikongo
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Niger-Congo)
Approved for LING 115
Kinyarwanda
Rwanda (Niger-Congo)
Approved for LING 115
- Simple Tone
Mende
Sierra Leone (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Mpongwe
Gabon (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Swahili (1981)
Tanzania (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Swahili (1965)
Tanzania (Niger-Congo)
Not approved for LING 115
Vai (1976)
Liberia (Niger-Congo)
Zulu
South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland (Niger-Congo)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
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- Alternate Names: Isizulu, Zunda