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Africa is the second largest continent on earth, at just over 30,000,000 km 2 (~11,600,000 sq. mi.), with a population estimated in 2020 as about 1.3 billion, spread among 54 countries plus 2 disputed areas. Ethnologue estimates the number of languages spoken in Africa as 2144 (Eberhard et al., 2021). Footnote 1 As can be seen from its lack of shading in Map 1, the language of Madagascar.
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The Top Ten Languages in Africa 1. Arabic 2. French 3. Swahili 4. Hausa 5. Igbo 6. Yoruba 7. Berber 8. Oromo 9. Portuguese 10. Amharic The Next 40 Most Spoken Languages in Africa And One More Thing. Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere. Click here to get a copy. (Download)
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Image courtesy of MSU Africa is home to an estimated 1000 to 2000 languages spread across the continent. A map showcasing some of the major languages of Africa by country. Image courtesy of MSU
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1Organization 2References Toggle References subsection 2.1Bibliography Toggle the table of contents Languages of Africa 52 languages Afrikaans العربية
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November 28, 2023 How many languages are spoken in Africa? In 2022, Statista reported that there are more than 2000 languages in Africa. However, if you're curious to learn more about African languages, like the most common ones and which region it comes from, then keep on reading to learn more about them! An Introduction to African Languages
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1. Which language family in Africa has the largest number of languages in it according to those listed on the map? 2. By looking at the names of the language families, do you suspect that any of them extend into regions outside of Africa? Which ones? 3. Find the corresponding language family for each African language listed below: a) Lingala
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The Language map of Africa Corporate author : International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa. Mrs Hélène Roche provided some additional items of information to Chapter 19. vnList of figures 12.i Diagrammatic language m a p of Africa 310 13.i Physical m a p of Africa 317 14.1 Mineral resources of Africa.
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This 1883 map, published along with a book, Modern Languages of Africa, shows African languages from several families: A language map of Africa. E. G. Ravenstein, 1883. Geography and Map Division. The historical distribution of Mayan languages is depicted in this map from the World Digital Library: Map of the Mayance Nations and Languages. Maya.
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This map displays the language families found in Africa, overlaid with country borders. CC-BY-NC-SA-3. Read through the short "Historic Cultures" section of our terrific encyclopedic entry on the human geography of Africa, then take a look at the map above, or click here for a full-size, zoomable version.
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The indigenous languages of Africa are divided into 6 major language families: Afroasiatic, Nilo Saharan, Niger-Congo A, Niger-Congo B (Bantu), Khoisan, Austronesian. Map of Africa using ethnically drawn borders
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Niger-Congo: A hypothetical language family which includes the Atlantic-Congo and Mande languages in West, Central, Southeast and Southern Africa. If considered valid, the Niger-Congo language family would be the largest in the world. Afroasiatic languages: Spoken in Asia, but also in North Africa, the Horn of Africa and parts of the Sahel.
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Language scholars classify the languages of Africa into six different families, or phyla: the Niger-Congo languages, the Afroasiatic languages, the Nilo-Saharan languages, the Khoisan languages, the Austronesian languages, and the Indo-European languages.
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A Sketch of the Modern Languages of Africa. Accompanied by a Language Map; V.2 Swahili The Distribution of the Semitic and Cushitic Languages of Africa. An Outline of Available Information. Compiled by M.A. Bryan. [With a Bibliography and a Map.]. Bibliography of Publications on the Languages of the World: South Asia and Far East. Africa.
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Clickable map showing the traditional language families, subfamilies and major languages spoken in Africa Most languages natively spoken in Africa belong to one of the two large language families that dominate the continent: Afroasiatic, or Niger-Congo.
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African language; it is an Austronesian language, akin to many of the languages of Island Southeast Asia and Oceania. The large number of countries in Africa is a heritage of the colonial history of the continent, as is also the linguistic situation (Map 2). Before the arrival of European explorers in the second half of the fifteenth century.
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There are four major groups of African languages: Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharian, Niger-Saharian (Niger-Congo), and Khoisan, on the map you see the distribution of language families and some major African languages.