Languages

Language Families

Afro-Asiatic

                    Spoken in North Africa, East Africa, and Southwest Asia.

Semetic (Arabic, Amharic)

Cushitic (Oromo)

Berber

Chadic (Hausa)

Nilo-Saharan

Spoken in Sudan, Ethopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Central Africa, West Africa. More than 100 very diverse languages.

Songhay (Mali, Niger)

Maasai (Kenya, Tanzania)

Pokot

Turkana

Niger-Congo

Largest language group in Africa.

Niger-Congo A

Kwa (Asante)

Dogon

Bantu

Largest branch of Niger-Congo languages. Spoken through Central Africa and South Africa

Nguni (Zulu, Ndebele)

Khoisan

Spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.

San

Khoikhoi