See Also: Benue-Congo languages(encyclopedia)
Niger-Congo languages(encyclopedia)
Benue(tourism)
Benue hotels(tourism)
Benue River(encyclopedia)
commune(1)(dictionary)
commune(dictionary)
commune(encyclopedia)
commune(2)(dictionary)
Paris Commune(encyclopedia)

commune 1, noun (oh) and Benue-Congo languages (sh)


commune 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Medieval Latin communia, from Latin communis; COMMON1]
a group of people who live together and who share the work and their possessions
::a hippie commune
the smallest unit of local government in countries such as France and Belgium
a group of people in a Communist country who work as a team on a farm, and give what they produce to the state

Benue-Congo languages (sh)




Largest branch of the Niger-Congo language family, both in numbers of Languages (900) and speakers (at least 500 million).

Its major divisions are Defoid, including Yoruba, with more than 20 million speakers; Edoid, including Edo (see kingdom of Benin); Nupoid, including Nupe, Ebira, and Gbagyi; Idomoid, including Idoma; Igboid, including the many dialects of the approximately 19 million Igbo people; Kainji, with 40 Languages; Platoid, a congeries of 50 Languages; Cross River, a group of more than 55 Languages; and Bantoid. The largest branch, Bantoid, comprises a Northern and a Southern group and includes more than 500 Languages, 47 of which are spoken by more than 1 million people. The Bantu Languages make up the largest subgroup of Southern Bantoid.