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An Introduction to African Languages. Amsterdam: John Benjamin. ISBN 9781588114211. OCLC 52766015. Chimhundu, Herbert (2002). Language Policies in Africa (PDF). Intergovernmental Conference on Language Policies in Africa (Revised ed.). Harare: UNESCO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2017. Cust, Robert Needham (1883). Modern Languages ...
Population Language group n A B E1a E1b1a E1b1b E2 J R1b T Reference Alur: Nilo-Saharan: 9 22 0 0 11 0 67 0 0 0 Wood 2005 [1]: Amhara () : Semitic: 48 14.6 2.1 0 45.8 0 33.3
At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all official languages are equal in legal status.
Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. [1] It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share a characteristic noun class system), and possibly several smaller groups of languages that are difficult to classify.
Chara language: Vulnerable [1] cra Dimme language: Vulnerable [1] dim Gats'ama - Ganjule - Harro language: Definitely endangered [1] kcx Hozo language: Definitely endangered [1] hoz K'emant language: Severely endangered [1] ahg Karo language: Critically endangered [1] kxh Komo language: Definitely endangered [1] Also spoken in: Sudan: xom Kwama ...
A Mandinka speaker, recorded in Taiwan.. The Mandinka language (Mandinka kaŋo; Ajami: مَانْدِينْكَا كَانْجَوْ), or Mandingo, is a Mande language spoken by the Mandinka people of Guinea, northern Guinea-Bissau, the Casamance region of Senegal, and in The Gambia where it is one of the principal languages.
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West African Pidgin English arose during the period of the transatlantic slave trade as a language of commerce between British and African slave traders. Portuguese merchants were the first Europeans to trade in West Africa beginning in the 15th century, and West African Pidgin English contains numerous words of Portuguese origin such as sabi ('to know'), a derivation of the Portuguese saber. [3]