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Yoruba Language

Yoruba Language

The Yoruba language is a part of the Niger-Congo language family and belongs to the Defoid category of the Benue-Congo subgroup of languages. There...
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...
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...
Mande Languages

Mande Languages

Mande languages include about 40 languages spoken on the west coast of Africa. The total population of Mande languages speakers is about 25 million...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...

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