| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun
Usage: usually capitalized N&C
Etymology: from Niger, river of West Africa + Congo, river of central Africa
: a language family that consists of the West-Atlantic, Mande, Gur, Kwa. Ijo, Central, and Adamawa-Eastern branches and that is spoken by most of the indigenous peoples of west, central, and south Africa