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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Tsonga Language

Tsonga Language

The Tsonga language belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo languages. It is spoken in such countries as Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and South...
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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