Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
niger-congo is a noun meaning "a family of African language spoken in west Africa". It carries one recorded sense.
a family of African language spoken in west Africa
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for niger-congo come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.