Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negro-african

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: ne-gro-african
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An unsubstantiated proposed language family that combines Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan as well as some Afroasiatic languages into a linguistic superphylum as put forth by Théophile Obenga.

Synonyms

Negro-Egyptian Congo-Saharan Niger-Saharan Kongo-Saharan

Questions

What does negro-african mean?: An unsubstantiated proposed language family that combines Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan as well as some Afroasiatic languages into a linguistic superphylum as put forth by Théophile Obenga.

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