African languages
One generally estimates the number of African languages at more than one thousand, but the languages of certain importance are much fewer and much are in fact of the dialectal alternatives.
The families of languages of the African continent are:
- Afro-Asian languages;
- nilo-Saharan languages;
- nigéro-Congolese languages;
- the languages khoïsan.
The Afro-Asian Languages
See also: Afro-Asian Languages
The Afro-Asian languages (in the past named Hamito-Semitic ) are spoken in Africa septentrional and Saharan like with the the Middle East and the the Middle East. They include/understand in particular the Semitic Langues, the old Egyptian , the Berber Langues, the couchitic Langues, the omotic Langues and the tchadic Langues.
The nilo-Saharan Languages
They are spoken in sub-Saharan Africa: with the Chad, the Sudan, the Niger, in the North of the Cameroun, in Central African Republic, with the Ghana, the Kenya, in Ethiopia and Tanzania. They include/understand in particular the Ik, the Masaï, the nilotic Langues, the Nubian Langues and the Langues songhaï.
The nigéro-Congolese Languages
In particular, the bantoïde group, the Languages bantoues, the voltaic gur group/, the kwa group, the group mandé or the West-Atlantic group.
The Languages khoïsan
They are spoken in Southern Africa, in particular by Bochimans and Khoïkhoï.
Note and references
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