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3 days ago · A small number of languages belong to a fourth group, Nilotic, which is part of the Nilo-Saharan language family. The Semitic languages are spoken primarily in the northern and central parts of the country; they include Geʿez, Tigrinya, Amharic, Gurage, and Hareri.
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1 day ago · Languages of Nigeria. There are over 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1][2][3] The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, [4][5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria. Nigerian Pidgin – an English-based creole – is spoken by over 60 million people. [5][6]
2 days ago · Adhola is a member of the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. It is spoken by about 500,000 people in the Tororo District to the north of Lake Victoria in the Eastern Region of Uganda. In particular, it is spoken in the towns of Tororo and Nagongera, and in the district of Mukuju. It is generally classified as a dialect ...
4 days ago · As of 2022, based on figures from 2020, Ethnologue estimates there to be 285,890 speakers of Berber languages in Libya: 247,000 speakers of Nafusi, 22,800 speakers of Tamahaq, 13,400 speakers of Ghadamés, and 2,690 speakers of Awjila.
4 days ago · It comprises languages spoken along the savanna zone south of the Sahara from the middle Niger River to the Nile, with outlying groups among the pastoralists of eastern Africa. Its subgroups are Songhai, Saharan, Maban, Fur, Eastern Sudanic, Central Sudanic, Kunama, Berta, Komuz, and Kadu.
5 days ago · These languages belong to several major families, including Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo, and Khoisan, with each group representing unique histories and cultures. The Niger-Congo family, for example, is the largest, covering languages spoken by millions of people across West, Central, and Southern Africa.
4 days ago · The African peoples of Kenya, who constitute virtually the entire population, are divided into three language groups: Bantu, Nilo-Saharan, and Afro-Asiatic. Bantu is by far the largest, and its speakers are mainly concentrated in the southern third of the country.
