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1 day ago · The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of African languages spoken by somewhere around 70 million speakers, [1] mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet.
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- ca. 70 million for all branches listed below.
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2 days ago · Nilo-Saharan languages. In Nigeria, the Nilo-Saharan language family is represented by: Saharan languages: Kanuri and Kanembu in the northeastern part of Nigeria in the states of Borno, Yobe and parts of Jigawa, and Bauchi states; Teda in northern Nigeria; Songhai languages:
2 days ago · The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, [a] are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. [1] [2] They comprise a group of closely related but mostly mutually unintelligible languages [3] spoken by Berber communities, who are indigenous to North Africa.
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2 days ago · Most of the peoples of Eritrea and Ethiopia—and some of those in Tanzania and Kenya—speak languages belonging to the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Speakers of Nilo-Saharan languages populate Uganda and the rift valley portions of Kenya and Tanzania, while speakers of Bantu languages constitute much of the remainder of these ...
2 days ago · western Africa, region of the western African continent comprising the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
5 days ago · Egyptian language, extinct language of the Nile valley whose ancient form is known especially for its logographic writing, known as hieroglyphics. It constitutes a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum.
5 days ago · The statistic indicating that more than 450 languages are spoken in Nigeria alone highlights the rich linguistic diversity within the country. Nigeria is recognized for its multitude of language groups, with three major language families – Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Congo, and Nilo-Saharan – contributing to this vast linguistic landscape.
