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 ... 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 ... drum drummed to communicate over long distances. About a hundred of the languages of Africa are widely ... groups Most languages spoken in Africa belong to one of three large Language family language families ... languages Austronesian language families which originated outside Africa the presence ... Afro Asiatic languages are spoken throughout the Middle East , North Africa , the Horn of Africa ... Asiatic family of languages that is spoken outside of Africa. Some of the most widely spoken ... group of Africa and probably of the world in terms of the number of languages. One of its salient ... Ubangian . Other language families Austronesian Several languages spoken in Africa belong to language ... in Africa. Since the colonial era, Indo European languages such as Afrikaans , English language English ... franca s. See African French and Portuguese in Africa African Portuguese . Languages of India ... to the major families of Africa Mande languages Mande , some 70 languages, including the major ... along the middle Niger River Kx a languages Kx a of southern Africa Tuu languages Tuu , or Taa Ui ... is thus unlikely to be forthcoming. Sign languages See also List of sign languagesAfrica Many African ... thumb upright 1.5 Official languages in Africa cellpadding 0 legend FF8C00 Afrikaans legend 8EB423 ..., French, Portuguese, and Spanish, the following languages are official at the national level in Africa ... promote African unity. ref http www.acalan.org African languages for Africa s development ACALAN ... language Swahili , the lingua franca of East Africa about 5 percent speak a Berber languages Berber ... more details
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 ... 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 ..., Joseph H. 1963 The Languages of Africa . International journal of American linguistics, 29, 1, part 2. Greenberg, Joseph H. 1966 The Languages of Africa 2nd ed. with additions and corrections . Bloomington Indiana University. DEFAULTSORT Languages of Africa Category Language histories Category Languages of Africa Category Linguistics books Category 1963 books ... 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 ..., while Chadic languages Chadic , Nilo Hamitic languages Nilo Hamitic , Fulani, and Hottentot language ... 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 ... , Badjara language Badyara Pajade , Jola languages Dyola , Mandjak language Mandyak , Balante ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2008 Image Africa satellite orthographic.jpg 230px right This is a list of extinct languages of Africa , languages which have undergone language death , have no native speakers and no Historical language spoken descendant . Angola Kwadi language Kwadi Cameroon Duli language Duli Gey language Gey Nagumi language Nagumi Yeni language Yeni Chad Horo language Horo Muskum language Muskum C te d Ivoire Esuma language Esuma Democratic Republic of the Congo Ngbee language Ngbee Egypt Ancient Egyptian language Ancient Egyptian Ancient Nubian Eritrea Geez language Geez Ethiopia Gafat language Gafat Geez see Eritrea, above Mesmes language Weyto language Weyto Guinea Baga Kaloum language Baga Kaloum see Baga languages Baga Soban language Baga Soban Kenya Elmolo language Elmolo Kore language Kore Omotik language Omotik Nigeria Ajawa language Ajawa Auyokawa language Auyokawa Basa Gumna language Basa Gumna Gamo Ningi language Gamo Ningi Kpati language Kpati Kubi language Kubi Mawa language Mawa Teshenawa language Teshenawa South Africa & 47 Xegwi language Xegwi & 47 Xam language Xam Seroa language Seroa Sudan Ancient Nubian Beigo Baygo Berti language Berti Birked language Birked Gule language Gule Homa language Homa Mittu language Mittu Togoyo language Togoyo Torona language Torona Tanzania Kw adza language Kw adza Ngasa language Ngasa Tunisia Mediterranean Lingua Franca Punic language Punic Sened language Sened Vandalic language Vandalic Uganda Nyang i language Nyang i Singa language Singa Category Lists of extinct languages Category Extinct languages of Africa Category Africa related lists Extinct languages gag Afrika k kl l diller listasi mk tr Afrika k kenli l diller listesi ... more details
one language. Dutch and English were the first official languages of South Africa from 1910 to 1925 ... was replaced by Afrikaans when South Africa became a republic in 1961, ref The Official Languages ... dominant language map.svg thumb right Dominant languages in South Africa. Clear columns col1 legend ... represented in South Africa the Sotho Tswana languages Sotho Tswana branch Sotho, Northern Sotho ... languages of South Africa can be divided into two geographical zones, with Nguni languages being ... areas. Other significant languages spoken in South Africa This section is linked from Pretoria Other languages spoken in South Africa, though not mentioned in the Constitution, include Fanagalo ... of other languages can also be found in parts of South Africa. In the older immigrant communities ... , Central and West Africa n languages have arrived in South Africa, mostly in the major cities, especially ... Chapter 1 Founding Provisions , Section 6 Languages of the Constitution of South Africa is the basis ... for br i all languages commonly used by communities in South Africa, including German language ... of South Africa accessdate 1 December 2009 location Cape Town Recognised languages Official ... about people language.htm title The languages of South Africa year 2009 work SA People publisher ... also Portalbox South AfricaLanguages Official names of South Africa References Reflist External links http salanguages.com Introduction to the languages of South Africa http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name South Africa Ethnologue Listing of South African Languages http www.panafril10n.org ... . Language in Society , Vol. 27, No. 4 Dec., 1998 , pp. 439 458 Languages of South Africa Life in South AfricaAfrica in topic Languages of Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Languages Of South Africa Category Languages of South Africa af Tale in Suid Afrika bn ... pt L nguas da frica do Sul ru simple Languages of South Africa ... more details
languagesAfrica Category Lists of languages Endangered Category Endangered languages of Africa Category Africa related lists Endangered languages ... Source Red Book of Endangered Languages ISO 639 3 hio Ethnologue entry Ethnolink ... Languages ISO 639 3 sbf Ethnologue entry Ethnolink sbf Shabo language Ghana class wikitable align ... Kinare language , Okiek language Source Red Book of Endangered Languages ISO 639 3 oki Ethnologue ... in Namibia Source Red Book of Endangered Languages ISO 639 3 isocode Ethnologue entry ... Languages ISO 639 3 isocode Ethnologue entry Ethnolink isocode Xu language Nigeria ... No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages ISO 639 3 kch Ethnologue entry Ethnolink kch Vono ... Also spoken in Gambia . No. Speakers Over 10,000 Source Red Book of Endangered Languages ISO 639 3 ... bnl Boon South Africa class wikitable align center style font size 90 South Africa width 20 Language ... Ongamo language Comments Also Ngasa language No. Speakers Source Red Book of Endangered Languages ISO ... more details
orphan date January 2010 Italic title Infobox Journal title Africa & Asia G teborg Working Papers on Asian and African Languages and Literatures cover discipline Linguistics , literature language website http www.african.gu.se aa contents.html link1 link1 name publisher G teborg University country Sweden abbreviation history frequency Annually ISSN 1650 2019 eISSN Jstor OCLC 64272834 LCCN The series Africa & Asia G teborg Working Papers on Asian and African Languages and Literatures aims to cover any aspect relevant to the study of Asian and African languages and literatures. The journal appears annually. External links http www.african.gu.se aa contents.html Category Open access journals Category Linguistics journals Category Literary magazines Category University of Gothenburg Category Annual journals ... more details
Subclass PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania is a classification used by the Library ... its name includes Turkic languages spoken in the Middle East and Central Asia , not in Eastern Asia. Contents PL1 8844..........Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1 481.......... Ural Altaic languages PL21 396.......... Turkic languages PL400 431.......... Mongolian languages PL450 481.......... Tungusic languages Tungus Manchu languages PL 490 495..........Far Eastern languages and literature ... 3311..........Non Chinese languages of China PL3501 3509..........Non Aryan languages of India and Southeastern ... Singapore literature PL3518..........Languages of the Montagnard Vietnam Montagnard s PL3521 4001.......... Sino Tibetan languages PL3551 4001.......... Tibeto Burman languages PL3561 3801..........Tibeto Himalayan languages PL3601 3775.......... Tibetan language Tibetan PL3781 3801.......... Himalayan languages PL3851 4001.......... Assam and Burma PL4051 4054.......... Karen languages PL4070 4074.......... Miao Yao languages PL4281 4587.......... Austroasiatic languages PL4301 4470.......... Mon Khmer languages Mon Khmer Mon Annam languages PL4371 4379.......... Vietnamese language ... Khasi , Muong language Muong , etc. PL4471 4471.5.......... Nicobarese languages Nicobarese PL4490 4498.......... Chamic languages PL4501 4587.......... Munda languages Kolarian languages PL4601 4890 .......... Dravidian languages PL5001 7511..........Languages of Oceania PL5001 7101.......... Austronesian languages Austronesian , Papuan, and Australian languages PL5051 5497.......... Malayan languages Malayan Indonesian languages PL5501 6135.......... Philippine languages PL6145 6167.......... Formosan languages Taiwan languages PL6191 6341.......... Micronesian languages Micronesian and Melanesian languages PL6401 6551.......... Polynesian languages PL6601 6621.......... Papuan languages PL7001 7101.......... Australian languages PL8000 8844..........African languages and literature PL8000 ... more details
5 Madeira Islands 6 Melilla 7 Saint Helena languagesLanguages of Africa time UTC 1 to UTC 4 cities List of metropolitan areas in Africa br List of cities in Africa Image AfricaCIA HiRes.jpg thumb 240px Map of AfricaAfrica is the world s second largest and second most populous continent , after Asia ...Other uses pp semi indef Infobox Continent title Africa image File Africa orthographic projection .svg 200px Africa area 30,221,532 km sup 2 sup 11,668,599 sq mi population 1,022,234,000 ref name esa.un.org ... Africa , Twenty First Century Books. ISBN 0 7613 1367 2. ref With 1.0 billion people as of 2009, see ... countries and two List of states with limited recognition states with limited recognition . Africa, particularly central Eastern Africa , is widely regarded within the scientific community to be the origin ... Feb. 16, 2005 Dead link date May 2010 ref Africa straddles the equator and encompasses numerous climate .... ref cite web url http www.visualgeography.com continents africa.html title Africa. General info ... to the Carthaginians who dwelt in North Africa in modern day Tunisia . Their name is usually connected ... African people http www.jstor.org pss 714549 book on ligne ref Africa or Ifri or Afer ref name book ... PPA200,M1 book on line ref Under Roman rule, Carthage became the capital of Africa Province ... hypotheses that have been postulated for the ancient name Africa the 1st century Jewish ... person and opening of the Ka refers to a womb or birthplace. Africa would be, for the Egyptians ... as Africa , but the given name is unrelated to the geonym . History Main History of Africa See History of North Africa History of West Africa History of Central Africa History of East Africa History of Southern Africa Paleohistory File Massospondylus BW.jpg thumb right 150px The African prosauropod Massospondylus . At the beginning of the Mesozoic Era , Africa was joined with Earth s other continents in Pangaea . ref name dinopedia african Africa shared the supercontinent s relatively uniform ... more details
Infobox Top level domain name .africa background D2B48C image introduced Not officially introduced proposed in 2006 type Proposed top level domain status Unofficial proposal registry None yet Proposed sponsor DotConnectAfrica intendeduse African and Pan African communities actualuse Not available for use restrictions None specified yet structure Contained in proposal document disputepolicy website .africa is a proposed Internet generic top level domain generic top level domain gTLD for the African and Pan African communities and users wherever they may reside. The .africa TLD will serve as regional domain for individuals and entities based in the Africa region interested in expressing a Pan African identity or outlook in the internet. In 2009, DotConnectAfrica organization was endorsed as the official sponsor for the initiative by the African Union AU ref cite web title Endorsement of the DotAfrica .africa Initiative August 27, 2009 url http www.scribd.com doc 31565131 African Union AU Endorsement of DotConnectAfrica work archiveurl http www.scribd.com archivedate 2009 08 27 deadurl no accessdate 2010 12 25 ref and the Economic Commission for Africa ECA . ref cite web title The dotafrica Project initiative, August 8, 2008 url http www.scribd.com doc 31566444 Economic Commission for Africa ECA Endorsment of DotConnectAfrica work archiveurl http www.scribed.com archivedate 2008 08 ... Domain names program by ICANN on June 20 in Singapore, the full proposal for .africa will be presented ... of this new top level domain at ICANN Lisbon in 2007, ref cite web title Africa s map in the digital inclusion, A common voice for Africa March 28, 2007 url http www.slideshare.net Nyosef dotafrica work ... title The launch of dotafrica East Africa campaign September 7, 2010 url http www.scribd.com doc 45509559 ... is approved. Other names such as .afrique for Francophone Africa and .afrikia for Arabic ... expanded Proposed DEFAULTSORT Africa Category Proposed top level domains Category African and Pan ... more details
Infobox language family name Zunda region South Africa , Swaziland , Zimbabwe familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Southern Bantoid languages Southern Bantoid fam6 Bantu languages Bantu fam7 Southern Bantu fam8 Nguni languages Nguni The Zunda languages are a group of related languages that, along with Tekela languages , are a subdivision of the Nguni languages Nguni branch belonging to the larger Bantu languages Bantu family . Zunda languages include Zulu language Zulu 10 million Xhosa language Xhosa 8 million Northern Ndebele language Northern Ndebele or Zimbabwean Ndebele 1.6 million Category Languages of South Africa Category Nguni languages Nguni languages Zunda languages nc lang stub sv Zundaspr k ... more details
Languages of country Burundi official Kirundi , French language French File View of bujumbura.JPG thumb right 300px A view of Bujumbura with signs in French and English The official languages of Burundi are Kirundi and French language French . Swahili language Swahili is also spoken. No other languages are spoken natively in any significant numbers. External links http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name Burundi Ethnologue listing of Burundi languagesLanguages of Africa Burundi stub Category Languages of Burundi fr Langues du Burundi ... more details
Infobox language family name Tekela region South Africa , Swaziland , Zimbabwe familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Southern Bantoid languages Southern Bantoid fam6 Bantu languages Bantu fam7 Southern Bantu fam8 Nguni languages Nguni The Tekela languages are a group of related languages that, along with Zunda languages , are a subdivision of the Nguni languages Nguni branch belonging to the larger Bantu languages Bantu family . Tekela languages include Swazi language Swazi 3 million Phuthi language Phuthi ref Donnelly 2007 Chapter 1 2007 1 61 addresses linguistic properties of Nguni. ref 20,000 Bhaca language Bhaca , ref See Archibald Campbell Jordan Jordan 1942. ref Hlubi language Hlubi , Cele language Cele and Lala language Lala . Reflist Category Languages of South Africa Category Nguni languages Nguni languages Tekela languages nc lang stub sv Tekelaspr k ... more details
Languages of country Botswana official English language English national Tswana language Tswana The official language of Botswana is English. Tswana language Setswana is spoken by around 78 of the population. External links http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name Botswana Ethnologue listing of Botswana languagesLanguages of Botswana Languages of Africa Botswana stub Category Languages of Botswana fr Langues du Botswana tn Dipuo tsa mo Botswana ... more details
Infobox language family name Jogo altname Unicode J g region West Africa familycolor Niger Congo fam1 Niger Congo languages Niger Congo ? fam2 Mande languages Mande fam3 Western Mande fam4 Central fam5 Manding Jogo fam6 Jogo Jeri The J g Jogo languages are a pair of closely related Mande languages , Ligbi language Ligbi of Ghana and the extinct Tonjon language Tonjon of Ivory Coast . Category Mande languages nc lang stub mk ... more details
Fuegian languages refers to mainly to three languages spoken in Tierra del Fuego by native Americans the Kaw sqar language , the Ona language and the Yaghan language . The term can be regarded as a collective name, but currently there is no evidence that they are related to each other. The Kaw sqar and Yaghan languages are considered language isolate s while Ona Selk nam language belongs to the Chon languages . See also Fuegians External links cite book last Weber first George title Lonely Islands. The Negrito People and the Out of Africa Story of the Human Race publisher Andaman Association year 1999 2007 chapter Possible Relatives in the Americas. The Fuegian Patagonian Languages chapterurl http www.andaman.org BOOK chapter54 text Fuego Languages text Fuegianlanguages.htm classifying na lang stub Category Languages of Chile Category Languages of Argentina Category Tierra del Fuego Category Indigenous languages of the South American Cone ... more details
distinguish Samo languages Infobox language family name Samogo region West Africa familycolor Niger Congo fam1 Niger Congo languages Niger Congo ? fam2 Mande languages Mande fam3 Western Mande fam4 Northwestern The Samogo languages are a small group of Mande languages of Mali and Burkina Faso . Seenku language Seenku Seeku, Sembla, Seemogo Duun Dzuun language Dzuun East Duun . Dialects Kpango Kpan, Samoro guan , Dz ngoo Samogo iri . Duun language Duun West Duun, Du, Duungooma, Samogo sien Banka language Banka Bankagooma The name Samogo or Samogho is a Jula and Bambara term for several Mande languages which do not necessarily form a clade, including Jowulu language Jowulu J and the Samo languages . Category Mande languages nc lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Rif region North Africa familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 Berber languages Berber fam3 Northern Berber languages Northern Berber fam4 Zenati languages Zenati According to the Ethnologue , the Rif languages are a genetic subgroup of the Zenati languages including two language s and dialects spoken in the Rif area of Morocco . Other sources regard Senhaja de Srair as non Zenati, and thus see Rif languages as an areal rather than genetic grouping Senhaja De Srair language Senhaja De Srair Riff language Riff External links http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 2695 Riff language tree Category Berber languages Category Languages of Morocco Category Rif AfroAsiatic lang stub ar hr Rifski jezici ... more details
Languages of country Djibouti image Djibouti airport.jpg image size 200px caption Bilingual sign in French and Arabic at the Djibouti Ambouli International Airport . official French Language French , Arabic language Arabic indigenous Somali language Somali , Afar language Afar , colloquial Arabic The languages of Djibouti refers to the various spoken forms of communication in Djibouti . It includes the nation s official languages, as well as its minority and foreign languages. The term also encompasses the writing systems traditionally used to transcribe those languages. Overview Djibouti is a multilingual country. The majority of the population speaks Somali language Somali or Afar language Afar as a first language. ref http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name DJ Ethnologue , Languages of Djibouti ref French language French , inherited from the colonial period, and Arabic language Arabic , which is of social, cultural and religious importance, are the official language s. References Reflist Africa in topic Languages of Djibouti topics DEFAULTSORT Languages Of Djibouti Category Languages of Djibouti Category Languages of Africa Djibouti Djibouti stub lang stub bn fr Langues de Djibouti ... more details
Infobox language family name Masa region Chad , Cameroon familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 Chadic languages Chadic The Masa languages are a group of a dozen closely related Chadic languages 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 Chadic languages External links http africanlanguages.org chadic masa.html Masa Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org Category Chadic languages 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
There are many languages spoken in Tanzania , but no one language is spoken natively by a majority or a large plurality of the population. Government policies encourage the use of Swahili language Swahili as the main common lingua franca , while English language English is the most important foreign language. Other languages Bemba language Bemba Bena language Bena Gogo language Gogo Haya language Haya Hehe language Hehe Iramba language Iramba Iraqw language Iraqw Luguru language Luguru Nyakyusa language Nyakyusa Nyamwezi language Nyamwezi Sukuma language Sukuma Turu language Turu Yao language Yao etc. See Category Languages of Tanzania . External links http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name tz Languages of Tanzania at Ethnologue site. http www.ethnologue.com show map.asp?name TZ&seq 10 Map of languages of Tanzania at Ethnologue Africa in topic Languages of Tanzania stub Category Languages of Tanzania mk ... more details
Infobox language family name Bantoid region Subsaharan Africa , but not further west than Nigeria familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo child1 Mambiloid languages Mambiloid child2 ? Ndoro Fam languages Ndoro Fam child3 ? Dakoid languages Dakoid child4 ? Tikar language Tikar child5 Southern Bantoid map Nigeria Benin Cameroon languages.png mapcaption Northwestern edge of the Bantu area brown and other Bantoid languages strong and middling orange in Nigeria and Cameroon In the classification of African languages , Bantoid is a branch of the Benue Congo languages Benue Congo subfamily of the Niger Congo languages Niger Congo phylum. The term Bantoid was first used by Krause in 1895 for languages that showed resemblances in vocabulary to Bantu languages Bantu . Greenberg in his 1963 The Languages of Africa defined Bantoid as the group to which Narrow Bantu Narrow Bantu belongs together with its closest relatives this is the sense in which the term is still used today. A proposal that divided Bantoid into North and Southern Bantoid languages South Bantoid was introduced in Williamson 1989, based on work presented in Blench 1987 . In this proposal, the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages are grouped together as North Bantoid, while everything else Bantoid is subsumed under ... is questionable, and the Dakoid languages are often now placed outside of Bantoid, but the work did ... Bantu languages Bantu subfamily. References Blench, Roger 1987 A new classification of Bantoid languages. Unpublished paper presented at 17th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden. Williamson, Kay 1989 Niger Congo Overview . In The Niger Congo languages , ed. by John Bendor ..., Bernd and Nurse, Derek eds African Languages An Introduction. Cambridge Cambridge University ... Pronouns http www.journalofwestafricanlanguages.org Bantoid.aspx Journal of West African Languages Bantoid langauges Category Bantoid languages nc lang stub de Bantoid Sprachen fr Langues banto des ... more details
Posthumanism Political Geography and Anthropological Disapora Languages of AfricaAfrica , Western Political , Languages of Europe Europe , Languages of North America Immigrant languages North America West . Languages of Oceania Oceania Eastern Languages of Asia Asia , Languages of North America Indigenous languages North America West , Languages of South America Indigenous languages South America Languages of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia , Languages of South Asia Programming Paradigm ... Indigenous languages of the Americas East Asian languages List of languages by name by nomenclature List of languages by total number of speakers total number of speakers List of languages by number of native speakers number of native speakers Ethnologue list of most spoken languages Global Internet usage Languages used on the Internet List of most used languages on the Internet Political Geography Classification Spoken According to SIL International , there are 6,909 spoken languages, as cataloged and described in the book Languages of the World ISBN 0883128152 . The International Organization for Standardization ISO assigns codes for most languages for example, ISO 639 3 uses eng for English and apk for Plains Apache language Plains Apache , one of the five Apache languages of North ... searchbuttonlabel Search break no inputbox Footer ISO 639 History List of languages by first written accounts List of languages by time of extinction Linguistic Countries and languages lists div align center class wikitable width 70 Constructed languages tl Constructed languages Official languages List of official languages List of official languages by state List of official languages by institution List of official languages Ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are official List of languages by number of countries where the language is spoken System Sign language and Writing system List of languages by writing system List of sign languages List of sign languages ... more details
distinguish Mokole language Benin Infobox language family name Mokole region West Africa familycolor Niger Congo fam1 Niger Congo languages Niger Congo ? fam2 Mande languages Mande fam3 Western Mande fam4 Central fam5 Manding Jogo fam6 Manding Vai fam7 Manding Mokole The Mokole languages are a small group of Mande languages of Guinea and Sierra Leone . They are Kakabe language Kakabe , Kuranko language Kuranko , Lele language Guinea Lele , and Mixifore language Mixifore . External links http llmap.org languages mkl.html Map of Mokole language area from the LL Map Project http multitree.org codes mkl Information on Mokole language from the MultiTree Project Category Mande languages nc lang stub ... more details
distinguish Savanna Bantu languages Infobox language family name Savannas altname postulated region West Africa, around Burkina Faso in the west to Central African Republic CAR in the east familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo children ex Gur, ex Adamawa languages Adamawa , possibly Ubangian br child1 Central Gur languages Gur child2 Kulango languages Kulango child3 Bariba language Bariba child4 Vyemo language Vyemo child5 Tyefo language Tyefo child6 Wara Natyoro languages Wara Natyoro child7 Tusya language Tusya Win child8 Leko Nimbari languages Leko Nimbari child9 Mbum Day languages Mbum Day child10 Bambukic languages Bambukic child11 Waja languages Waja Kam language Nigeria Kam child12 ? Baa language Baa Kwa child13 ? Oblo language Oblo child14 ? Ubangian languages Ubangian The Savannas family of languages is a postulated branch of the Niger Congo languages that includes Joseph Greenberg Greenberg s Gur languages Gur and Adamawa Ubangi languages Adamawa Ubangui families. The change was motivated by the recognition that the Adamawa languages do not form a coherent group, and that they are not necessarily more closely related to each other than they are to Gur. The Gur languages ... been retained, though it is possible that some of the peripheral languages may turn out to be related to each other. The Senufo languages , however, are excluded, as they appear to be one of the more divergent branches of Niger Congo. Dimmendaal 2008 excludes the Ubangi languages Ubangian family ... Compass 2 5 841. ref Fali languages Fali not the same language as Fali of Baissa was originally ... Oblo language was unclassified within Adamawa, and was not addressed in Savannas. The Savannas languages ... 1 clade 1 Central Gur languages Gur 2 Kulango languages Kulango sc aka Kulango Lorhon ex Gur 3 ... Gur 6 Wara Natyoro languages Wara Natyoro ex Gur 7 Tusya language Tusya sc aka Win ex Gur 8 Chamba Mumuye languages Chamba Mumuye sc aka Leko Nimbari ex Adamawa G2, G4, G5, G12 9 Mbum Day languages Mbum ... more details
, 2002. SIL Electronic Survey Reports SILESR 2002 048. http www.sil.org africa cameroun bylanguage languages ... African Republic CAR , southern Chad familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Adamawa Ubangi languages Adamawa Ubangi child1 Leko Nimbari languages Leko Nimbari child2 Mbum Day languages Mbum Day child3 Waja Jen languages Waja Jen child4 Kam language Nigeria Kam See Savanna languages The Adamawa languages are a putative family of 80 90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in central Africa, in Nigeria , Cameroon , Central African Republic , and Chad , spoken ... as one branch of the Adamawa Ubangi languages Adamawa Ubangi family of Niger Congo languages . They are among the least studied languages in Africa , and include many endangered language s by far the largest is Mumuye language Mumuye , with 400,000 speakers. A couple of unclassified languages notably ... into 14 numbered groups. Group G3, Daka languages Daka or Dakoid , is now known to be a branch of Benue Congo languages Benue Congo . The relationships of the other branches has undergone considerable revision. Boyd 1989 added the Day language and classified them as follows Leko Nimbari languages Leko Nimbari or Chamba Mumuye Duru languages Duru G4 Leko languages Leko G2 Mumuye Yendang languages Mumuye Yendang G5 Nimbari language Nimbari G12 Mbum Day languages Mbum Day Bua languages Bua G13 Kim languages Kim G14 Mbum languages Mbum G6 Day language Day Waja Jen languages Waja Jen Jen languages Bikwin Jen or Jen G9 Waja languages Tula Wiyaa or Waja G1 Yungur languages B na Mboi or Yungur G7 ... or Kam G8 The Fali languages G11 were excluded. Kleinewillingh fer 1996 modified Waja Jen by splitting ... languages are a geographic grouping, not a language family, and has broken up its various branches in his proposal of the Savanna languages Savannas family. He retained Boyd and Kleinewillingh fer s Leko ... branch he reduced to G7, G9, & G10 the Waja languages are reassigned with the Kam isolate. Fali is excluded ... more details
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