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The number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated (depending on the delineation of language vs. dialect) at between 1,250 and 2,100, [1] and by some counts at over 3,000. [2]
Classification of African languages (4 P) E. Endangered languages of Africa (3 C, 55 P) English-based pidgins and creoles of Africa (1 C, 8 P)
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Languages of South Africa (12 C, 64 P) Languages of South Sudan (2 C, 58 P) Languages of Sudan (9 C, 64 P) T. Languages of Tanzania (3 C, 114 P) Languages of Tunisia ...
Tsonga (/ ˈ (t) s ɒ ŋ ɡ ə / ⓘ (T)SONG-gə) or, natively, Xitsonga, as an endonym, is a Bantu language spoken by the Tsonga people of South Africa.It is mutually intelligible with Tswa and Ronga and the name "Tsonga" is often used as a cover term for all three, also sometimes referred to as Tswa-Ronga.
It became one of South Africa's 12 official languages in 1994. [5] According to Ethnologue, it is the second-most widely spoken of the Bantu languages, after Swahili. [a] Like many other Bantu languages, it is written with the Latin alphabet. In South African English, the language is often referred to in its native form, isiZulu. [9]
A moribund language spoken in Russia; Sámi (Ume) – ubmejensámien giella Recognised as a minority language in Sweden, and formerly in Norway; Samoan – Gagana Sāmoa Official language in: American Samoa and Samoa; Sandawe – Sàndàwé kì’ìng Spoken in: Tanzania; Sango – yângâ tî sängö Official language in: the Central African ...
At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all official languages are equal in legal status.