The Linguasphere Register

of the world’s languages and speech communities

The linguascale

Change sector or zone

Geosector 0= AFRICA

Phylosector 1= AFRO-ASIAN

Geosector 2= AUSTRALASIA

Phylosector 3= AUSTRONESIAN

Geosector 4= EURASIA

Phylosector 5= INDO-EUROPEAN

Geosector 6= NORTH-AMERICA

Phylosector 7= SINO-INDIAN

Geosector 8= SOUTH-AMERICA

Phylosector 9= TRANSAFRICAN

Phylosector 9= TRANSAFRICAN

97= DELTIC

Phylozone

Covers the "Niger-Delta" or "Deltoid" grouping, part of the "Transafrican" continental affinity.

Comprising 2 sets of languages (= 8 outer languages) spoken by communities in coastal West Africa, in and around the Niger Delta.

These sets do not form part of the surrounding Volta-Congo affinity covered by phylozone 98=Benuic.


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