Languages of Africa
A comparative vocabulary of the languages of Africa.
National languages in bold
Original Languages
Afro-Asiatic / Berber
Kabyle
Afro-Asiatic / Berber / Tuareg / Southern
Tamasheq
Afro-Asiatic / Chadic / West Chadic / Hausa-Gwandara
Hausa
Afro-Asiatic / Cushitic / Lowland East
Somali
Afar
Afro-Asiatic / Semitic / South / Ethiopian / North
Tigrinya
Afro-Asiatic / Semitic / South / Ethiopian / South / Transversal / Amharic-Argobba
Amharic
Nilo-Saharan
Dinka
Niger-Congo / Atlantic-Congo / Senegambian / Wolof-Nyun
Wolof
Niger-Congo / Atlantic-Congo / Volta-Niger / Y.E.A.I. / Yoruboid / Edekiri
Yoruba
Niger-Congo / Atlantic-Congo / Benue-Congo / Southern Bantoid / Bantu (Zone E)
Kikuyu
Niger-Congo / Atlantic-Congo / Benue-Congo / Southern Bantoid / Bantu (Zone G)
Swahili
Niger-Congo / Atlantic-Congo / Benue-Congo / Southern Bantoid / Bantu (Zone H)
Kikongo
Niger-Congo / Atlantic-Congo / Benue-Congo / Southern Bantoid / Bantu (Zone J)
Luganda
Niger-Congo / Atlantic-Congo / Benue-Congo / Southern Bantoid / Bantu (Zone S)
Shona
Sesotho
Zulu
Setswana
Xhosa
Recent Languages
Afro-Asiatic / Semitic / Central
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Arabic (Morocco)
Arabic (Tunisia)
Arabic (Egypt)
Indo-European / Germanic / West / Weser-Rhine / Low Franconian
Afrikaans
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