…They are 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.). The Benue-Congo language group, which includes Bantu languages, began to expand rapidly from its native land in the middle reaches of the Benue River (Nigeria), a tributary of the Niger River, about 2,000 years ago, and came to be distributed over a wide area from present-day East Africa to South Africa. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Kwa" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…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。このうち,バントゥー諸語を含むベヌエ・コンゴ語群は,約2000年前に故地のニジェール川の支流であるベヌエ川中流域(ナイジェリア)から急速に拡張をはじめ,現在の東アフリカから南アフリカ一帯の広い地域に分布するようになったものである。… ※「Kwa」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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