Languages of Africa 2009

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

Languages of Africa 2009 - Related Maps

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Major languages of Africa	Languages of Africa	Official languages in Africa
Africa ethnic groups 1996	Francophone Africa 2007	World's languages
Population density in Africa 2006	Africa Population Density 1979	Population Density for Africa in 1960
Mitochondrial DNA in Africa	The 50 largest metropolises of Africa 2005	Islam en África 1987

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Africa - Countries

Canary Islands, Africa

Ceuta, Africa

Melilla, Africa