| covers the "Niger-Delta" or "Deltoid" grouping, part of the "Transafrican" continental affinity; comprising 2 sets of languages (= 8 outer languages) spoken by communities in coastal West Africa, in and around the Niger Delta: 97-A IZON + KALABARI 97-B DEFAKA These sets do not form part of the surrounding Volta-Congo affinity covered by phylozone 98=Benuic. |