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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Niger-Congo

Introduction
Niger-Congo language family is very popular!!!  History of this language family is quite long.  It is the biggest language family in the world.  There are more languages spoken in this family then any other.  It is spoken all over Africa.  It has unique features.  Niger-Congo people are my favorite Africans.   
History
The Niger-Congo language originated in West Africa, or so it seems.  The Bantu left West Africa and spread Niger-Congo languages and technologies to the east and south of Africa.  It is the biggest language family in Africa because Niger-Congo people biggest group of Africans on the continent.  Niger-Congo languages are over 5,000 years old.   
Most Popular Languages
This language family have 8 subfamilies.  The subfamilies are as follows: Atlantic-Congo, Kordofanian, Mande, Bangime, Ijaw, Dogon, Mande, and Siamou.

Wolof: It's a popular language in Senegal and Gambia.  It is related to Metu Neter. 
Kru: Its spoken by most Liberians and in the Ivory Coast.
Yoruba: Its spoken by 40 million Nigerians.  Yoruba people may be the greatest African artists.
Igbo: Its spoken by 24 million Nigerians.  Igbo people may be the kindest Nigerians.
Zulu: It is common in South Africa.  Credo Mutwa was a Zulu shaman and my favorite person!!! 
Kiswahili: It is spoken by more than 100 million Africans.  It is spoken in Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Uganda.  Swahili people traded with the Shona, Persians, Indians, Arabs, and Chinese.  They sailed the Indian ocean 4 sum of the trades. 
Twi: Its the language of the Ashanti.  They live in Southern Ghana and are related to the Akwamu.
Unique Features
This language family is mostly tonal.  The word order of most of these languages is subject-verb-object.  Some of these languages  subject-object-verb word order.  Adjectives comes after nouns.  A few letters are added to verbs to extend them.  They have many noun classes.   

Niger-Congo People
These are my favorite Africans, because I love there prehistoric religious ideas.  They believed in a creator, deities, ancestral and nature spirits.  A lot of them still have these beliefs.  But, sadly most of them are Christians or Muslims.  They have great wisdom and they used fishing hooks in prehistoric times.  The Igbos got a sweet religion called Odinani.  The Yorbas got a similar religion called IfaSerer had a sweet religion too.  Akan people came from Bonoman.  All 4 of those tribes lived in Kemet in ancient times!!!!!!  The Ewe started in Lemuria!!!!!!!  They spent time in Kemet too.  Niger-Congo people built many great kingdoms and empires.   
There was a Bentu kingdom that was ruled by lady magicians.  If anyone committed a crime a great curse will befall them.  So, no crimes were committed.  Then 4 sum reason people left that kingdom and went east and south.  They introduced farming an metal technology to different parts of Africa.  A Nubian girl taught them how to herd cattle.  The Hutus battled the Tutsi, and then became friends and family in Rwanda.  The Kikuyu defeated the Arabs, so none of them were enslaved.  They later defeated the British, with the help from other tribes.  The Bakongo have a wonderful religion; where the ancestors are stronger than the deities.  They gave birth to Palo Mayombe and Capoeira.  They also created my favorite creation story.  Which you can read in Indaba My Children.         
Conclusion
The Niger-Congo language family is amazing!!!!  It has a rich history and many popular languages.  It has several unique features.  Niger-Congo people are amazing in Africa, Americas, and Europe!!!!!!  They created many sweet religions.  Most Haitians are descendants of Niger-Congo people.  They are the greatest Caribbean people; because they made Vodou and with it's help freed themselves from tranny.  The only people to do it in the world.       
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger%E2%80%93Congo_languages
https://linguistics.byu.edu/classes/Ling450ch/reports/niger-congo
https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/niger-congo-language-family/
Indaba My Children
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Obianuju_Acholonu
Bantu Religious Ideas
Bantu Migration
https://www.britannica.com/place/western-Africa

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