The PEDIGREE of
First Speaker of Volta-Congo

 "Child(ren)":       First Speaker of Benue-Congo   ;   Dogon   ;   Kru (30 dialects)   ;   Kwa (76 dialects : Efik : Igbo : Ewe : Fanti etc.)   ;   Adamawa-Ubangi (178 dialects : Zande : Sango)   ;   Gur (97 dialects : More)
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/-- Homo sapiens idaltu   +====> [ 27]
/-- First Advanced Speaker
/-- First Speaker of Afro-Khoisan
/-- First Speaker of Early Pan-afroasian
/-- First Speaker of Middle Pan-afroasian
/-- First Speaker of Late Pan-afroasian
/-- poss.  First Speaker of Congo-Nostratic
/   / OR: poss. Unclassifiable language families   +====> [ 32]
/-- First Speaker of Congo-Saharan
/-- First Speaker of Niger-Saharan [Blench Model]
/-- First Speaker of Kado-Sudanic
/-- First Speaker of Niger-Sudanic [Blench Model]
/-- First Speaker of Niger-Central Sudanic [Blench Model]
/ OR: poss. First Speaker of Congo-Nostratic   +====> [ 33]
/   / or: poss. Unclassifiable Western languages
/-- First Speaker of Niger-Congo
/-- First Speaker of Mande-Congo
/-- First Speaker of Altlantic-Congo
/  
- First Speaker of Volta-Congo
 

 
  ``2-Great Grandchild:''       First Speaker of Narrow Bantu
 
  ``5-Great Grandchild:''       First Speaker of Swahili
 

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