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Most languages natively spoken in Africa belong to one of the two large language families that dominate the continent: Afroasiatic, or Niger–Congo. Another hundred belong to smaller families such as Ubangian, Nilotic, Saharan, and the various families previously grouped under the umbrella term Khoisan. In addition, the languages of Africa ...
Bengali, the official state language, is the dominant language in Kolkata. [134] English is also used, particularly by the white-collar workforce. Hindi and Urdu are spoken by a sizeable minority. [135] [136] Bengali Hindus form the majority of Kolkata's population; Marwaris, Biharis and Urdu-speaking Muslims compose large minorities. [137]
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
The accent of Rarhi spoken in Kolkata and Howrah are considered to be the most standardised variations of Bengali, whereas the accents spoken in the Pargana district are considered to be relatively localised with influences of localised grammar and pronounciations from neighbouring districts in Bangladesh like Satkhira, Khulna and Bagerhat.
In 1999, UNESCO declared 21 February as International Mother Language Day, in tribute to the Language Movement and the ethnolinguistic rights of people around the world. [177] Kolkata Book Fair is the world's largest non-trade and the most attended book fair, where people from different countries gather together.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 03:17, 16 December 2010: 1,534 × 1,461 (750 KB): Brianski: Color Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea), as well as São Tome and Principe, acccording to ethnologue.
After a short period (1984-1994) where Afrikaans and English were the two co-official languages of South Africa, Afrikaans has been one of eleven official languages since 1994. [17] Since 2012 a new language policy has been implemented where working languages of all government institutions were established.
The language has become the mother tongue of almost all children in Bangui. [4] Nearly all of the native languages of the CAR belong to the Ubangian languages. There are a few Bantu languages in the extreme south, along the border with Congo-Brazzaville, and several Bongo–Bagirmi languages in the north, near the border with Chad.