Languages of Africa

World - Continents

Africa - Countries

There are an estimated 2,000 languages spoken in Africa. The American linguist Joseph Greenberg argued that they fall into six major linguistic families:

* Afroasiatic stretches from North Africa to the Horn of Africa and Southwest Asia.
* Nilo-Saharan is centered on Sudan and Chad.
* Niger-Congo covers West, Central, and Southeast Africa.
* Khoe is concentrated in the deserts of Namibia and Botswana.
* Austronesian on Madagascar.
* Indo-European on the Southern tip of the continent.
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Africa - Categories of Maps

Africa - Thematic Map

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Africa ethnic groups 1996	Desertification in Africa	HIV/AIDS in Africa 2004
Africa national GDP per capita 2002	African countries Human Development Index (HDI) 2004	Population density in Africa 2006
Africa Natural Vegetation 1986	Africa climate zones	Languages of Africa 2009
Islam en África 1987	Africa Climate	The 50 largest metropolises of Africa 2005

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Africa - Countries

Canary Islands, Africa

Ceuta, Africa

Melilla, Africa