Benue–Congo

Benue-Congo (mararka qaar loogu yeero East Benue-Congo) waa qeyb ka mid ah qooyska reerka Niger-Congo ee ka kooban Afrika inteeda badan Saharan. Waxay ka kooban tahay laba qaybood oo waaweyn: luqadaha Central Nigerian (ama Platoid), oo inta badan lagu hadlo af-ingiriisiga, iyo luqadaha Bantoid-Cross, oo looga hadlayo Nigeria, Cameroon iyo inta badan Afrikaanka hoose ee Saharan, maaddaama ay ku jiraan luqadaha Bantu Laanta koonfureed ee koonfureed).

Central Nigerian (ama Platoid) waxaa ku jira qoysaska Plateau, Jukunoid iyo Kainji, Bantoid-Cross waxay isku daraan kooxaha Bantoid iyo Cross River. Bantoid waa erey guud oo loogu talagalay subfamily kasta oo Bantoid-Cross ka baxsan marka laga reebo Cross Cross, taasina mar dambe lama arki karo sida sameynta laanta saxda ah, hase yeeshee mid ka mid ah subfamilies, Southern Bantoid, weli waa la tixgeliyaa. Waa Kantan Bantoid oo ka kooban luqadaha Bantu, oo looga hadlayo inta badan Afrika. Tani waxay ka dhigeysaa Benue-Congo mid ka mid ah qaybta ugu weyn ee qoyska reer Niger-Congo, labadaba luuqadaha, kuwaas oo Ethnologu ku tiraahda 976 (2017), iyo kuwa ku hadla, tirinta malaha 350 milyan. Benue-Congo ayaa sidoo kale waxaa ku jira xoogaa yar oo qaylo-dhaan ah oo ku yaal gobolka Nigeria-Cameroon, laakiin xiriirkooda dhabta ah lama hubo.

Waddamada deriska ah ee waqooyiga Nigeria iyo Benin ayaa mararka qaarkood loo yaqaan "West Benue-Congo", laakiin ma ahan mid la mid ah laanta midnimada ee Benue-Congo. Markii Benue-Congo markii ugu horreysay soo jeediyay Joseph Greenberg (1963), waxa ku jiray Volta-Niger (sida Benayga-Congo); xadka u dhexeeya Volta-Niger iyo Kwa ayaa si joogta ah looga dooday. Blench (2012) ayaa sheegaya in haddii Benue-Congo loo qaato "luuqadaha heerka fasalka bari iyo waqooyiga Niger, waxay u badan tahay inay noqdaan koox sax ah, inkasta oo aan la soo bandhigin tani oo la daabacay.