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4 days ago · Some Afroasiatic languages, such as Arabic, Hausa, Amharic, Somali, and Oromo, are spoken by millions of people, while others are endangered with extinction. As of the early 21st century, the phylum is composed of six families: Egyptian (extinct), Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic, Berber, and Chadic.
2 days ago · A number of extinct populations are believed to have spoken Afroasiatic languages of the Berber branch. According to Peter Behrens and Marianne Bechaus-Gerst, linguistic evidence suggests that the peoples of the C-Group culture in present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan spoke Berber languages.
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4 days ago · Language Amazigh is a language of the Afroasiatic family spoken in all the regions aforementioned. It has between 18 and 30 million speakers. The variation in its dialects has led some linguists to consider them as different languages belonging to an Amazigh branch, rather a single language.
5 days ago · 1. 67. votes. Swahili. Known for its musicality and rhythmic qualities, Swahili is spoken by millions across East Africa. Learn more. 2. 33. votes. Zulu. With its distinctive clicks and tonal variations, Zulu is a visually and aurally stunning language. Learn more. 3. 15. votes. Hausa.
1 day ago · English and Pidgin. English is the single most widely spoken language in Nigeria, spoken by 60 million of the population. [9] It is the main lingua franca of the country and there are a growing number of sole English speakers due to rapid urbanisation and globalisation. [10] English remains the official language and is the major language of ...
6 days ago · Encyclopedia of African History. Covering the entire continent from Morocco, Libya, and Egypt in the north to the Cape of Good Hope in the south, and the surrounding islands from Cape Verde in the west to Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles in the east, the Encyclopedia is an A-Z reference resource on the history of the entire African continent.
5 days ago · The most widely spoken Afro-asiatic language is Arabic, with about 230million speakers. Hausa is one of the prominent Nigerian language in this phylum (Ninalowo and Badru, 2012). iv. KHOISAN LANGUAGES The Khoisan languages (also called the Khoesaan in literature) are the snap languages of Africa which do not belong to other language families.