geoffbacon/Kainji

Data and code for a phylogenetic analysis of Kainji languages of Nigeria # Kainji Data and code for a phylogenetic analysis of Kainji languages of Nigeria ## This repo holds: - text files with lexical forms for 19 languages - a nexus file with cognate data - utility scripts ## Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist Data on these langauges comes mainly from the Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist. The BCCW was assembled in the 1960's and 1970's by Kay Williamson and Kiyoshi Shimizu, and subsequently published by the West African Linguistic Society in Ibadan, Nigeria. It is available at rogerblench.info