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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...
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...
Setswana Language

Setswana Language

The Setswana language, also known as Tswana, Beetjuans, Chuana, Coana, Cuana, and Sechuana, is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger-Congo language family within...
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...
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...
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...
Akan Language

Akan Language

The Akan language belongs to the Kwa sub-family of the higher Niger-Congo family. Mainly it is spoken in the West Africa, in Ghana. When...
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...
Gikuyu Language

Gikuyu Language

The Gikyuy language, also known as Kikuyu or Agikuyu is a growing language spoken in Kenya. The language belongs to the Bantu branch of...

African Languages