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An Introduction to African Languages. Amsterdam: John Benjamin. ISBN 9781588114211. OCLC 52766015. Chimhundu, Herbert (2002). Language Policies in Africa (PDF). Intergovernmental Conference on Language Policies in Africa (Revised ed.). Harare: UNESCO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2017. Cust, Robert Needham (1883). Modern Languages ...
The Afroasiatic languages (also known as Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic) are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel. [4]
African language may refer to: languages of Africa; African Romance language; Afrikaans language; See also. Stereotypes of Africa § Homogeneity
The South African National Census of 2011 counted 2,710,461 white South Africans who speak Afrikaans as a first language, [2] or approximately 5.23% of the total South African population. The census also showed an increase of 5.21% in Afrikaner population compared to the previous, 2001 census.
Swahili served as coastal East Africa's lingua franca and trade language from the ninth century onward. Zanzibari traders' intensive push into the African interior from the late eighteenth century induced the adoption of Swahili as a common language throughout much of East Africa. Thus, Swahili is the most spoken African language, used by far ...
The Languages of Africa is a 1963 book of essays by the linguist Joseph Greenberg, in which the author sets forth a genetic classification of African languages that, with some changes, continues to be the most commonly used one today.
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gumbo – from Bantu Kongo languages ngombo meaning "okra" hakuna matata – from Swahili, "no trouble" or "no worries" impala – from Zulu im-pala; impi – from Zulu language meaning "war, battle or a regiment" indaba – from Xhosa or Zulu languages – "stories" or "news" typically conflated with "meeting" (often used in South African English)