Infobox language family name Chadic region Nigeria , Niger , Chad , Central African Republic , Cameroon familycolor Afro asiatic child1 Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara child2 East Chadiclanguages East Chadic child3 Masa languages Masa child4 West Chadiclanguages West Chadic iso5 cdc map Afroasiatic en.svg mapcaption The Chadiclanguages constitute a language family of perhaps 200 languages spoken ... languages Afroasiatic phylum . The most widely spoken Chadic language is Hausa language ..., which have been accepted in all subsequent literature West Chadiclanguages West Chadic . Two branches, which include A the Hausa language Hausa , Ron languages Ron , Bole languages Bole , and Angas languages Angas languages and B the Bade languages Bade , Warji language Warji , and Zaar languages Zaar languages. Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara Central Chadic . Three branches, which include A the Bura language Bura , Kamwe language Kamwe , and Bata language Bata languages, among other groups B the Buduma language Buduma and Musgu language Musgu languages and C Gidar language Gidar East Chadiclanguages East Chadic . Two branches, which include A the Tumak language Tumak , Nancere language Nancere , and Kera language Kera languages and B the Dangal at language Dangal at , Mukulu language Mukulu , and Sokoro language Sokoro languages Masa languages Masa File Chadic Languages.jpg thumb Bibliography http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 262 16 Ethnologue entry for Chadiclanguages ... 1966 Comparative Chadic phonology and lexicon. Journal of African Languages , 5, 218&ndash 251. Newman, Paul 1977 Chadic classification and reconstructions. Afroasiatic Linguistics 5, 1, 1&ndash 42. Newman, Paul 1978 Chado Hamitic adieu new thoughts on Chadic language classification , in Fronzaroli ... Afro Asiatic speaking nations Category Afro Asiatic languages Category Chadiclanguages AfroAsiatic ... 1980 The Classification of Chadic within Afroasiatic. Leiden Universitaire Pers Leiden. Herrmann ... more details
Infobox language family name East Chadic B.1.2 region Chad familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic fam3 East Chadiclanguages East Chadic fam4 East Chadic B languages East Chadic B fam5 East Chadic B.1 languages East Chadic B.1 child1 Birgit language Birgit child2 Kajakse language Kajakse child3 Masmaje language Masmaje child4 Mubi language Mubi child5 Toram language Toram child6 Zirenkel language Zirenkel The East Chadic B.1.2 languages belong to the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family and are spoken in Chad . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 91373 Ethnologue entry for East Chadic B.1.2 languages Category East Chadiclanguages Category Languages of Chad EChadic lang stub Chad stub ... more details
Infobox language family name West Chadic region Nigeria , Niger familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic child1 West Chadic A child2 West Chadic B map West Chadic Languages.jpg The West Chadiclanguages of the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family are spoken principally in Niger and Nigeria. ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref They include Hausa language Hausa , the most populous Chadic language and the major language of West Africa. Languages The branches of West Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format. Including the language count in Ethnologue 15, the constituent languages and language groups are West Chadic A 43 languages A.1. Hausa language Hausa Gwandara language Gwandara 2 A.2. Bole Tangale languages Bole Tangale 21 A.3. Angas Gerka languages Angas Gerka 12 A.4. Ron Fyer languages Ron Fyer 7 West Chadic B 29 languages B.1. Bade Ngizim languages Bade Ngizim 5 B.2. North Bauchi languages North Bauchi 10 B.3. Barawa languages Barawa 14 In addition, the Dazawa language is undocumented but evidently belongs somewhere in branch A. Notes Reflist References http africanlanguages.org chadic west.html West Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 2021 16 Ethnologue family tree for West Chadiclanguages Category Chadiclanguages Category West Chadiclanguages Category Languages of Nigeria AfroAsiatic lang stub br Yezho tchadek ar c horn g ca Lleng es txadianes occidentals es Lenguas ch dicas occidentales hr Zapadno adski jezici nl West Tsjadische talen pl J zyki zachodnioczadyjskie pt L nguas tch dicas ocidentais ... more details
Infobox language family name East Chadic region Chad , Cameroon familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic child1 East Chadic A child2 East Chadic B map East chadic languages.jpg The three dozen East Chadiclanguages of the ChadiclanguagesChadic family are spoken in Chad and Cameroon . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref Languages The branches of East Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format. Including the language count in Ethnologue , the constituent languages and language groups are East Chadic A 18 A.1. Sumrai Miltu languages Sumrai Miltu 10 A.2. Nancere Gabri languages Nancere Gabri 6 A.3. Kwang language Kwang Kera language Kera 2 East Chadic B 19 B.1. Dangla languages Dangla 14 B.2. Mukulu language Mukulu 1 B.3. Sokoro languages Sokoro 4 Notes Reflist References http africanlanguages.org chadic east.html East Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 91365 Ethnologue entry for East Chadiclanguages Category Chadiclanguages Category East Chadiclanguages Category Languages of Chad AfroAsiatic lang stub Chad stub br Yezho tchadek ar reter ca Lleng es txadianes orientals es Lenguas ch dicas orientales hr Isto no adski jezici nl Oost Tsjadische talen pl J zyki wschodnioczadyjskie pt L nguas tch dicas orientais ... more details
distinguish Fali languages Cameroon Fali of Baissa Infobox language name Fali nativename Fali of Mubi states Nigeria region Adamawa State speakers 20,000 date 1990 ethnicity familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic fam3 Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara fam4 Biu Mandara A languages A fam5 Bata Bacama languages Bata Bacama fam6 Bwatiye iso3 fli Fali , or Fali of Mubi after the local city, is an Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Mubi and Michika LGAs. It is one of several languages in the area that go by the generic name Fali . Varieties are ref http www.rogerblench.info Language 20data Africa Nigeria Atlas 20of 20Nigerian 20Languages 20ed 20III.pdf Blench, An Atlas of Nigerian languages , ed. 3, 2004 ref ween Bagira . Autonyms Uram ween language , Cum ween people Huli Bahuli . Autonyms Urahuli language , Huli, Hul people Madzarin Muchella . Autonyms Ura Madzarin language , Madzarin people Vin Vimtim . Autonyms Uroovin language , Uvin people Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code fli Ethnologue entry for Fali External links http llmap.org languages fli.html Map of Fali North language from the LL Map project http multitree.org codes fli Information on Fali North language from the MultiTree project http llmap.org languages fal.html Map of Fali South from the LL Map project http multitree.org codes fal Information on Fali South from the MultiTree project Category Languages of Nigeria Category Biu Mandara languages BiuMandara lang stub Nigeria stub br Falieg hr Fali jezik pms Lenga Fali ... more details
distinguish Ju languages Infobox language name Ju region Bauchi State speakers 900 date 1993 ethnicity familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic fam3 West Chadiclanguages West fam4 West Chadic B languages B fam5 West Chadic B.3 languages Barawa fam6 Zaar languages Zaar fam7 Guruntum languages Guruntum iso3 juu Ju is a minor Chadic language of Nigeria. Category Chadiclanguages language stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Sokoro altname East Chadic B.3 region Chad familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic fam3 East Chadiclanguages East Chadic fam4 East Chadic B languages East Chadic B The Sokoro languages , the East Chadic B.3 group of the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family are spoken in Chad . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref The languages are Barein language Barein , Saba language Saba , Sokoro language Sokoro , and Tamki language Tamki . Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 91390 Ethnologue entry for East Chadic B.3 languages Category East Chadiclanguages Category Languages of Chad EChadic lang stub Chad stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Barawa altname Saya, West Chadic B.3 region Nigeria familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic fam3 West Chadiclanguages West Chadic fam4 West Chadic B languages West Chadic B child1 Dass language Dass child2 Jimi language Nigeria Jimi child3 Boghom child4 Guruntum child5 Zaar The Barawa or Saya languages , group B.3 of the West Chadiclanguages West Chadic branch of the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic language family, are spoken in Nigeria . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref Languages Dass language Dass Jimi language Jimi Boghom Boghom language Boghom , Kir Balar language Kir Balar , Mangas language Mangas Guruntum Guruntum language Guruntum Mbaaru , Ju language Ju , Tala language Tala , Zangwal language Zangwal Zaar Saya Geji language Geji , Polci language Polci Polchi , Saya language Saya , Zari language Zari , Zeem language Zeem Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90830 Ethnologue entry for West Chadic B.3 languages Category Languages of Nigeria Category West Chadiclanguages Nigeria stub WChadic lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Dangla altname East Chadic B.1 region Chad familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic fam3 East Chadiclanguages East Chadic fam4 East Chadic B languages East Chadic B child1 Dangla Migama B.1.1 child2 Mubi B.1.2 The Dangla languages , the East Chadic B.1 group of the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family, are spoken in Chad . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref The languages fall into two branches, Dangla Migama Bidiyo language Bidiyo , Dangal at language Dangal at Dangla , Jonkor Bourmataguil language Jonkor Bourmataguil , Mabire language Mabire , Mawa language Chad Mawa , Migaama language Migaama , Mogum language Mogum , and Ubi language Ubi . Mubi Mubi language Mubi , Birgit language Birgit , Kajakse language Kajakse , Masmaje language Masmaje , Toram language Toram , and Zirenkel language Zirenkel . In addition, the Kujarg language appears to have ties with the Mubi languages, but its classification is uncertain. Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 91368 Ethnologue entry for East Chadic B.1.1 languages Category East Chadiclanguages Category Languages of Chad EChadic lang stub Chad stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Masa region Chad , Cameroon familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic The Masa languages are a group of a dozen closely related Chadiclanguages of West Africa. They are, Herd language Herd P v language P v Massa language Massa Masana Mesm language Mesm Marba language Marba Musey language Musey Nget language Nget Zumaya language Zumaya nearly extinct The exonym Zime is used for the Herd , Nget , P v , and Mesm . See also Chadiclanguages External links http africanlanguages.org chadic masa.html Masa Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org Category Chadiclanguages Category Languages of Cameroon Category Languages of Chad AfroAsiatic lang stub Cameroon stub Chad stub an Luengas masa br Yezho masek ca Lleng es masses es Lenguas masa hr Masa jezici nl Masatalen pl J zyki masa pt L nguas massa ... more details
Infobox language family name Musgu altname Biu Mandara B.2 region Cameroon , Chad familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 Chadic languages Chadic fam3 Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara fam4 Biu Mandara B languages Biu Mandara B The Musgu languages , group B.2 of the Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara Chadic branch of the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family, are spoken in Cameroon and Chad . The three languages are Mbara language Mbara , Musgu language Musgu , and Muskum language Muskum . Muskum is extinct, and Mbara endangered. Category Biu Mandara languages BiuMandara lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Daba altname Biu Mandara A.7 region Cameroon , Nigeria familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 Chadic languages Chadic fam3 Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara fam4 Biu Mandara A languages Biu Mandara A The Daba languages , group A.7 of the Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara branch of the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family, are spoken in Cameroon and neighboring Nigeria . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref The languages are Daba language Daba , Buwal language Buwal , Gavar language Gavar , Mazagway language Mazagway , Mbedam language Mbedam , and Mina language Cameroon Mina . Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 91074 Ethnologue entry for Biu Mandara A.7 languages Category Biu Mandara languages Category Languages of Cameroon Category Languages of Nigeria BiuMandara lang stub Cameroon stub Nigeria stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Kamwe altname Biu Mandara A.3 region Cameroon , Nigeria familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 Chadic languages Chadic fam3 Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara fam4 Biu Mandara A languages Biu Mandara A The Kamwe languages , group A.3 of the Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara branch of the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family, are mainly spoken in Far North Province , Cameroon , as well as in Adamawa State , Nigeria . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref The largest language numerically is Kamwe language Kamwe . The others are Bana language Bana , Hya language Hya , Psikye language Psikye , and Kirya Konz l language Kirya Konz l . Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90882 Ethnologue entry for Biu Mandara A.3 languages Category Biu Mandara languages Category Languages of Cameroon Category Languages of Nigeria Cameroon stub Nigeria stub BiuMandara lang stub hr Higi jezici ... more details
into Chadic, Semitic and Berber. Of these, Chadiclanguages predominate, with 70 languages. Semitic ... in Nigeria and West Africa on the whole. Hausa is classified as a West Chadiclanguages West Chadic language of the ChadiclanguagesChadic grouping, a major subfamily of Afroasiatic. Culturally, the Hausa ... known Chadiclanguages include Ngas,Goemai, Mwaghavul, Bole language Bole , Ngizim language Ngizim ... described. Many Chadiclanguages are severely threatened recent searches by Bernard Caron for Southern ..., unknown Chadiclanguages are still being reported, witness the recent description of Dyarim. Hausa, as well as other Afroasiatic languages like Bade language Bade another West Chadic language spoken ... the University of Lagos Culture of Nigeria The number of languages currently estimated and catalogued in Nigeria is 521. This number includes 510 living languages, two second languages without native speakers and 9 extinct languages . In some areas of Nigeria, ethnic groups speak more than one language ... to facilitate the cultural and linguistic unity of the country. The major languages spoken in Nigeria ... in their own languages, English, being the official language, is widely used for education ... s populace in the rural areas, the major languages of communication in the country remain national languages, with the most widely spoken being Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. Foreign minorities speak their own languages aside from English and or major native languages. Nigeria s linguistic diversity is a microcosm of Africa as a whole, encompassing three major Languages of Africa African languages families the Afroasiatic , Nilo Saharan , and the Niger Congo languages Niger Congo A branch of the Niger ... of the current language families. Language families Niger Congo languages Niger Congo predominates ... Fulbe diaspora. The Ijoid languages are spoken across the Niger Delta and include Ijoid languages j ..., in the Northwest. The Adamawa Ubangian languages are spoken between central Nigeria and the Central ... more details
is usually considered to include the following branches Berber languages Berber ChadiclanguagesChadic Cushitic languages Cushitic Egyptian language Egyptian Omotic languages Omotic Semitic languages ... Proto Afroasiatic language Proto Afroasiatic child1 Semitic languages Semitic group child2 Berber languages Berber group child3 Egyptian language Egyptian child4 ChadiclanguagesChadic group child5 Cushitic languages Cushitic group child6 Omotic languages Omotic group inclusion debated ref name ... The Afroasiatic languages alternatively Afro Asiatic , also known as Hamito Semitic , ref name Nanjira ... languages. ref name ethnologue.com http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 52 16 Ethnologue family tree for Afroasiatic languages ref The phylum is spoken by 200 to 300 million people primarily .... ref http books.google.com books?id PxJrB OKn04C&printsec frontcover PPA27,M1 Languages of the World ... , with 25 million speakers. ref name ethnologue.com In addition to languages now spoken, Afroasiatic includes several ancient languages, such as Egyptian language Ancient Egyptian , Biblical ... have given greatest weight in classifying languages in the family are either absent or distinctly ... Cushitic language with a Nilo Saharan languages Nilo Saharan substratum . In other words, the Ongota ... classification of the Indo European languages , for instance. Classification history This section ..., and Cushitic he excluded the Chadic group. These classifications relied in part on non linguistic ... Reinisch 1909 proposed linking Cushitic and Chadic, while urging a more distant affinity to Egyptian ... 1924 rejected the idea of a distinct Hamitic subgroup and included Hausa a Chadic language in his ... of Hamitic , added and sub classified the Chadic branch, and proposed the new name Afroasiatic for the family ... of Afroasiatic, suggesting for it the new name Omotic languages Omotic . This proposal and name ... br equals Omotic Chadic Berber Chadic Egypto Semitic Cushitic excludes Omotic Omotic Erythraean Cushitic ... more details
Depending on how they are counted, Niger has between 8 and 20 indigenous languages. The discrepancy comes from the fact that several are closely related, and can be grouped together or considered apart. French language French , inherited from the colonial period, is the official language . It is spoken mainly as a second language by people who have received an education. Although educated Nigeriens still constitute a relatively small percentage of the population, the French language is the language used by the official administration courts, government, etc , the media and the business community. See also African French . The usual categorization of languages of Niger mentions eight national language s. These, their language families, the approximate percentage of the population that speak them, and their approximate home regions are as follows class wikitable class sortable border 1 Language Family Approx Main region Hausa language Hausa Afro Asiatic Chadic 49.6 South, central Songhay languages Zarma & Songhai Nilo Saharan 25.5 Southwest Tuareg languages Tamajeq Afro Asiatic Berber languages Berber 08.4 North Fula language Fulfulde Niger Congo Atlantic languages Atlantic 08.3 All Kanuri language Kanuri Nilo Saharan 04.8 Southeast Arabic language Colloquial Arabic Afro Asiatic Semitic 01.2 North Gurma Niger Congo Gur 00.? Southwest corner Toubou Nilo Saharan 00.? East References Reflist http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name NE Ethnologue report on Languages of Niger http www.panafril10n.org wikidoc pmwiki.php PanAfrLoc Niger PanAfriL10n page on Niger fr http www.tlfq.ulaval.ca axl afrique niger.htm Linguistic situation in Niger Africa in topic Languages of Category Languages of Niger language stub Niger stub de Sprachen Nigers fr Langues du Niger ... more details
Languages of country Cameroon official French Language French , English language English national 55 Afro Asiatic languages , two Nilo Saharan languages , and 173 Niger Congo languages extralabel Lingua franca s extra African French French , English language English , Camfranglais , Cameroonian Pidgin English File Francophonie au Cameroun en 2005 selon l OIF.png thumb right 300px Knowledge of French in Cameroon in 2005, according to the Francophonie OIF . ref http 20mars.francophonie.org IMG pdf FICHE 03 Nombre de francophones.pdf ref In 2005 18 of the population were real French speakers and another ... language s Cameroon is home to 230 languages . These include 55 Afro Asiatic languages , two Nilo Saharan languages , 4 Ubanngian languages , and 169 Niger Congo languages . This latter group is divided into one Senegambian languages Senegambian language Fulfulde , 28 Adamawa languages , and 142 Benue Congo languages 130 of which are Bantu languages . ref Neba 65. ref English language English and French language French are official languages, a heritage of Cameroon s colonialism colonial past as both .... The government has established several bilingual schools in an effort to teach both languages more ... literature, radio, or television programming in native Cameroonian languages. Nevertheless, a large number of Cameroonian languages have alphabets or other writing systems, many developed by the Christian ... materials. The General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages was developed in the late 1970s as an orthographic system for all Cameroonian languages. Sultan Ibrahim Njoya developed the Bamum script ... General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages Francophone Africa Notes reflist References DeLancey, Mark W ... page on Languages of Cameroon http www.panafril10n.org wikidoc pmwiki.php PanAfrLoc Cameroon ... dans le monde Cam roun Afro Asiatic speaking Chadic speaking Niger Congo speaking Africa in topic Languages of DEFAULTSORT Languages Of Cameroon Category Languages of Cameroon Cameroon stub language ... more details
child1 North Omotic languages North Omotic Kaffa child2 South Omotic languages South Omotic Arii child3 ? Mao languages Mao iso5 omv map Omotic languages german.svg mapcaption The Omotic languages ... Gonga Kefoid Col 2 small Gimojan languages small legend D38D5F Yemsa legend FF8080 Bench Gimira legend FF6600 Chara legend FFAAAA Ometo Col end small Neighboring languages small br Col begin Col 2 legend FFC095 Nilo Saharan Col 2 legend E9C6AF Afro Asiatic Col end The Omotic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic ... Omotic languages, the Roman alphabet for some others. They are fairly agglutinative , ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics ... languages North and South Omotic languages South Omotic branches Nomotic and Somotic are universally recognized. The primary debate is over the placement of the Mao languages . Lionel Bender linguist Bender 2000 classifies Omotic languages as follows South Omotic languages South Omotic Aroid Hamer Banna ... languages North Omotic Non Aroid Mao languages Mao Bambassi language Bambassi West Mao Hozo language Hozo , Seze language Seze , Ganza language Ganza Dizoid languages Dizoid Dizi language Dizi , Sheko language Sheko , Nayi language Nayi Gonga Gimojan languages Gonga Gimojan Gonga languages Gonga Kefoid ... Shekkacho Gimojan languages Gimojan Yemsa language Yemsa Ometo Gimira languages Ometo Gimira Bench language Bench Chara language Chara Ometo languages Apart from terminology, this differs from Harold C. Fleming Fleming 1976 in including the Mao languages, whose affiliation had originally been controversial ... languages as a third branch of Omotic, and breaks up Ometo Gimira South Omotic languages South Omotic Mao languages Mao North Omotic languages North Omotic Dizoid languages Dizoid Ta Ne languages Gonga languages Gonga Gimojan languages Gimojan Yemsa language Yemsa Bench language Bench Ometo Chara languages ... languages . Greenberg 1963 had classified it as the Western branch of Cushitic languages ... more details
, while ChadiclanguagesChadic , Nilo Hamitic languages Nilo Hamitic , Fulani, and Hottentot language Hottentot had all been controversially proposed as members. He accepted Chadic while changing its ... Mbugu , Dahalo language Sanye , Ngomvia added 1966 III.E Chadiclanguages Chad III.E.1 III.E.1.a ...Italic title The Languages of Africa is a 1963 book of essays by Joseph Greenberg , in which he sets forth a genetic classification of African languages that, with some changes, continues to be the most ... as against isolated comparisons between pairs of languages. Only linguistic evidence is relevant ... against previous African linguists notably Carl Meinhof Meinhof who had classified languages on linguistic ... Sudanic languages Western Sudanic , but he changed the subclassification, including Fula language ... Bantu languages Bantu as merely a subfamily of Benue Congo previously termed Semi Bantu . Semitic ... linguistics as a result, he renamed the newly reclassified family Afro Asiatic languages Afroasiatic ... Hottentot as a member of the Central Khoisan languages. To Khoisan he also added the much more ... used. Within this, he identified a major subgroup termed Chari Nile languages Chari Nile , containing ... Sudanic on a firmer foundation. Finally, he assigned the non Nilo Saharan languages of the Nuba Hills of Kordofan to a single subfamily Kordofanian languages Kordofanian , which together with Niger ... The book classifies Africa s languages into four stocks not presumed to be related, as follows I. Congo Kordofanian languages Congo Kordofanian I.A Niger Congo languages Niger Congo I.A.1 Atlantic languages West Atlantic I.A.1.a Northern Wolof language Wolof , Serer language Serer Sin , Fula ... , Badjara language Badyara Pajade , Jola languages Dyola , Mandjak language Mandyak , Balante, Banyun languages Banyun , Nalu language Nalu , Kobiana language Cobiana , Kasanga language Cassanga , Bijago language Bidyogo . I.A.1.b Southern Temne language Temne , Baga languages Baga , Landoma language ... more details
, Chadiclanguages and the Cushitic languages . The Afro Asiatic Urheimat is uncertain. However, its ... West Asia , Berber languages Berber Berber , Hausa language Hausa Chadic , Amharic Semitic , and Oromo ... languages is also tonal. Tonal languages are also found in the Omotic, Chadic, and South & East Cushitic ... in Africa ref cite book title African Languages an Introduction editor last Heine editor first Bernd ... Africa is incredibly rich in language&mdash over 3,000 indigenous languages by some counts, and many ... PR9 accessdate 2011 06 23 ref in several major language family language families Afroasiatic languages ... Nilo Saharan languages Nilo Saharan is centered on Sudan and Chad disputed validity Niger Congo languages Niger Congo covers West Africa West , Central Africa Central , and East Africa Southeast Africa Khoe languages Khoe is concentrated in the deserts of Namibia and Botswana Austronesian languages Austronesian on Madagascar . Indo European languages Indo European on the southern tip of the continent. There are several other small families and language isolate s, as well as obscure languages ... of which are language isolates. Several African languages are whistled language whistled or talking drum drummed to communicate over long distances. About a hundred of the languages of Africa are widely used for inter ethnic communication. Arabic language Arabic , Berber languages Berber , Igbo ... of people. If dialect cluster clusters of up to a hundred similar languages are counted together, twelve ... African countries Nigeria alone has over 500 languages, ref cite web url http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name nigeria title Ethnologue report for Nigeria work Ethnologue Languages of the World ... are mostly aimed at multilingualism . For example, all African languages are considered languages of the African Union official languages of the African Union AU . 2006 was declared by the African Union as the Year of African Languages . ref http www.sarpn.org.za documents d0001850 index.php African ... more details
Chadiclanguages of the Bauchi area. Str mpell 1910 has a wordlist of the Jarawan Bantu ..., while he divides Lame into three languages mentioned as dialects in Ethnologue , does not mention Gwa. Study The Jarawan Bantu languages have always been something of a poor relation to Bantu proper ... language groups. Thomas 1925, 1927 recognised the Bantu affinities of the Nigerian Jarawan Bantu languages ... book on Bantu also exclude it Nurse & Philippson 2003 . Some Jarawan Bantu languages are listed ... of these languages. Since that period, publications have been limited. Kraft 1981 , although principally concerned with Chadic, includes lengthy wordlists of Bankal and Jaku wordlist in a rather ... and Kantana. Blench 2006 likewise classified them as Bantu languages. Ulrich Kleinwillingh fer has ... 75 95. Gerhardt, L. 1988. A note on verbal extensions in Jarawan Bantu. Journal of West African Languages, XVIII,2 3 8. Gowers, W.F. 1907. 42 vocabularies of languages spoken in Bauchi Province, N. Nigeria ... Gregg. Maddieson, I. and K. Williamson 1975. Jarawan Bantu. African Languages, 1 125 163. Meek, C.K. ... The Languages. In The Northern Tribes of Nigeria. C.K. Meek ed. 132 247. London Oxford University Press. Williamson, K. 1971 The Benue Congo languages and Ijo. In Current Trends in Linguistics, 7 pp. ..., Vol. 1. Ibadan West African Linguistic Society. Category Jarawan languages nc lang stub de Jarawoid ... more details
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Infobox language family name Bel region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz child1 Astrolabe languages child2 Nuclear Bel languages sil 2324 16 The eight Bel languages form a group of Austronesian languages of northern Papua New Guinea . Components Astrolabe languages Nuclear Bel languages DEFAULTSORT Bel Languages Category Western Oceanic languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Au lang stub ... more details
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