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Zulu Language

Zulu Language

The Zulu language, also known as isiZulu, belongs to the Bantu/Nguni family of languages. The language is spoken in the former Zululand, now known...
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...
Chewa Language

Chewa Language

The Chewa language, more commonly referred as Chichewa, is a Bantu language spoken by about 8 million people in Africa. It is the second...
Swahili Language

Swahili Language

The Swahili language, also known as Kiswahili,  is a Bantu language widely spoken in lots of African countries as a first or a second...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....

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