| covers the "Benue + East Kwa" reference area (the north-western section of "old Benue-Congo", plus the eastern section of "old Kwa") within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 11 sets of languages (= 209 outer languages) spoken by communities in eastern West Africa, centered on the lower Niger + Benue basin, between the Togo Highlands and Cameroon Highlands: 98-A YORUBA + IGALA 98-B NUPE + EBIRA 98-C IDOMA + ETULO 98-D UKAAN + AKUNNU* 98-E OGORI + OSAYEN 98-F EDO + OKPAMHERI 98-G IGBO + EKPEYE 98-H AGWARA + EZELLE 98-I HYAM + TAROK 98-J IBIBIO + BEKWARRA 98-K JUNAARE + DAKA A continuum of relationships among languages covered by phylozones 98=Benuic and 99=Bantuic passes through the transitional languages of the [98=] Junaare + Tagbo (Mambila + Samba-Daka) chain. |