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African Languages

It is generally estimated the number of African languages to more than a thousand, but languages of a certain size are far less numerous and many are actually dialects The Afro-Asian

The Afro-Asiatic (formerly named are spoken in Africa and the Saharan north and the Middle East and the Middle East. They include the Semitic languages , the ancient Egyptian , the Berber languages , the Cushitic languages , the languages Omotic and Chadic languages.

Nilo-Saharan languages

Main article: Nilo-Saharan languages.

They are spoken in Africa Sub-Saharan Africa: in Chad , the Sudan , in Niger , in northern Cameroon in Central African Republic , in Ghana , in Kenya , in Ethiopia and Tanzania. They include the ik , the Masai , the Nilotic languages , the Nubian languages and Songhay languages.

The Niger-Congo languages

Main article: Niger-Congo languages.

Notably, the group Bantoid , the Bantu languages , the group gur / Voltaic group kwa , the Mande group or the group of languages West Atlantic.

The Khoisan languages

Main article: Khoisan languages.

They are spoken in southern Africa, especially by the Bushmen and Khokhos.

Notes and references

  1. Michel Malherbe, simplified Directory of African Languages, ed. L'Harmattan, 2000.
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