Editing Niger–Congo languages (section)

=== "Kordofanian" ===
The various [[Kordofanian languages]] are spoken in south-central Sudan, around the [[Nuba Mountains]], [[Languages of the Nuba Mountains|an area of linguistic diversity]]. "Kordofanian" is a geographic grouping, not a genetic one, named for the [[Kordofan]] region. These are minor languages, spoken by a total of about 100,000 people according to 1980s estimates. Katla and Rashad languages show isoglosses with Benue–Congo that the other families lack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935345.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199935345-e-3|title=Niger-Congo: A brief state of the art |last1=Dimmendaal|first1=Gerrit J.|last2=Storch|first2=Anne|date=2016-02-11|website=Oxford Handbooks Online|language=en|doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935345.013.3|isbn=978-0-19-993534-5 |access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref><!--REALLY outdated figure, but even with 3% p.a. growth, there would be less than 300,000 speakers in this group as of 2020-->

* [[Talodi languages]] <!--6,000 (1980s) w Heiban-->
* [[Heiban languages]]
* [[Lafofa languages]] <!--5,000 (1980s)-->
* [[Rashad languages]] <!--50,000 (1980s)-->
* [[Katla languages]] <!--30,000 (1980s)-->

The endangered or extinct [[Laal language|Laal]], [[Mpre language|Mpre]] and [[Jalaa language|Jalaa]] languages are often assigned to Niger–Congo.

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File:Niger-Congo map.png| Overview map
File:Nigeria Benin Cameroon languages.png|Overview map of Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon
File:Niger-Congo speakers.png| Table of demographic estimates in the same color code as the maps (est. 400 million speakers as of 2007)
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