West Atlantic

Japanese: West Atlantic(英語表記)WestAtlantic
West Atlantic

...A branch of the Niger-Kordofan language family, it is a large language group distributed over a wide area from the western tip of West Africa through Nigeria and other places to the southern tip of the African continent. It is subdivided into six groups: West Atlantic (Fula, Wolof, etc.), Mande (Mandekan, Bai, etc.), Voltaic (also called Gur, Mossi, Senufo, etc.), Kwa (Yoruba, Igbo, etc.), Adamawa-Eastern (Sango, Zande, etc.), and Benue-Congo (Tib, Bantu, etc.).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "West Atlantic" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ニジェール・コルドファン語族の分枝で,西アフリカ西端からナイジェリアなどを経てアフリカ大陸の南端にまで至る広域に分布する大言語群。西アフリカ語群(大西洋側語群)West Atlantic(フラ語,ウォロフ語など),マンデ語群Mande(マンデカン語,バイ語など),ボルタ語群Voltaic(グル語群Gurともいう。モシ語,セヌフォ語など),クワ語群Kwa(ヨルバ語,イボ語など),アダマワ・イースタン語群(アダマワ東部語群)Adamawa‐Eastern(サンゴ語,ザンデ語など),ベヌエ・コンゴ語群Benue‐Congo(ティブ語,バントゥー諸語など)の6グループに下位区分される。…

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