Niger-Kordofanian

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Niger-Kordofanian
       n : the family of languages that includes most of the languages
           spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of
           them are tonal languages but there are important
           exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula) [syn: {Niger-Kordofanian
           language}]