Languages And Scripts Of Africa 1-18
17 entries in the Languages And Scripts Of Africa compendium.
Kanuri languageSaharan language of the Kanem and Bornu empires.Kikuyu languageA Bantu tonal language of the Gĩkũyũ people in Kenya.KinyarwandaBantu language and national language of Rwanda.KirundiBantu language and national language of Burundi.Kongo languageBantu language of the Kongo people, influential in Afro-American creoles.LingalaA Bantu lingua franca of Central Africa with 40 million speakers.Luba-Katanga languageA Bantu language of the Luba people in southeastern DRC.LugandaA major Bantu language and Uganda's de facto national language.Maasai languageEastern Nilotic language of the Maasai people in East Africa.MooréA Gur language and official tongue of Burkina Faso.Ovambo languageThe largest local language in Namibia, spoken by the Ovambo people.Nigerian PidginA widely spoken regional variety of West African Pidgin English.Northern Ndebele languageA Nguni language of Zimbabwe, closely related to Zulu.Oromo languageOromo is a major Cushitic language of Ethiopia and Kenya.Swahili languageA Bantu lingua franca of East Africa with significant Arabic influence.Yoruba languageA major West African language with a rich dialect continuum and diaspora liturgical use.Zulu languageA Southern Bantu language with click consonants, official in South Africa.
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