Niger-Congo

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Xhosa Language

Xhosa Language

The Xhosa language, along with such languages as Sesotho, Zulu, and Ndebele, is considered to be a member of the Southeastern or Nguni group...
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...
Shona Language

Shona Language

The Shona language, also known as chiShona, is one of the most widely used languages in Zimbabwe. Nearly 80% of the population of this...
Ndebele Language

Ndebele Language

The Ndebele language belongs to the Southeastern or Nguni subgroup of the Bantu division of languages. It is closely related to such African languages...
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...
Kirundi Language

Kirundi Language

Kirundi, also known as Rundi, is a Bantu language. There are about 6 million people worldwide who speak this language and the biggest part...
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....
Northern Sotho Language

Northern Sotho Language

The Northern Sotho language, also known as Sesotho sa Leboa and often confused by its standardized dialect known as Sepedi or Pedi, is a...
Manding languages

Manding languages

The Manding languages, also known as Manden, belong to the Mande family of languages. These are mutually intelligible dialects and languages spoken in West...
Bantu Languages

Bantu Languages

The group of Bantu languages is made up of about 500 languages of the Bantoid subgroup of the Bueno-Kongo branch of the Niger-Congo language...

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