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Swati Language

Swati Language

The Swati language, also known as Sewati, Swazi or siSwati, is one of many Bantu languages and it belongs to the Nguni group. It...
Kongo Language

Kongo Language

The Kongo language, also known as Kikongo, is one of Bantu languages spoken by approximately 9 million people mainly in the Democratic Republic of...
Sesotho Language

Sesotho Language

Sesotho, a language with a long and intriguing history that dates back to the 1st century, is a part of Sotho language group. It...
Igbo Language

Igbo Language

The Igbo language, also known as Ibo, is considered to be one of the most widely used languages in West Africa. The population of...
Luganda Language

Luganda Language

The Luganda language, also known as Ganda or Oluganda, is mainly spoken in Uganda where it is considered to be one of the major...
Comorian Language

Comorian Language

The Comorian language, also known as Shikomori, is considered to be quite a rare language closely related to Swahili and spoken by about 700,000...
Kinyarwanda Language

Kinyarwanda Language

Kinyarwanda, also spelled as Ruanda and known as Rwanda, is the most widely spoken language in Rwanda. Furthermore, it is one of the most...
Fula Language

Fula Language

The Fula language, also known as Fulah, Ful, Fulfulde, Fulani, Fulbe, Peul, Pular, or Pulaar, belongs to the Atlantic group of Niger-Congo language family....
Venda Language

Venda Language

The Venda language, also known as Tshivenda or Luvenda, belongs to the Bantu language family of South Eastern Bantu group. There are about 876...
Umbundu Language

Umbundu Language

The Umbundu language, also known as Kimbari, M’bundo, Mbali, Mbari, Mbundu, Mbundu Benguella, Nano, Olumbali, Ovimbundu, South Mbundu, or Umbundo, belongs to the Niger-Congo...

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