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- Languages_of_Africa abstract "There are 1,250 to 2,100 and by some counts over 3,000 languages spoken natively in Africa, in several major language families:Afroasiatic is spread throughout the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the SahelNilo-Saharan is centered on Sudan and Chad (disputed validity)Niger–Congo (Bantu and non-Bantu) covers West, Central, Southeast and Southern AfricaKhoe is concentrated in the deserts of Namibia and BotswanaAustronesian is spoken in Madagascar.Indo-European is spoken on the southern tip of the continent.There are several other small families and language isolates, as well as obscure languages that have yet to be classified. In addition, Africa has a wide variety of sign languages, many of which are language isolates.About a hundred of the languages of Africa are widely used for inter-ethnic communication. Arabic, Somali, Berber, Amharic, Oromo, Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, Fulani and Yoruba are spoken by tens of millions of people. If clusters of up to a hundred similar languages are counted together, twelve are spoken by 75 percent, and fifteen by 85 percent, of Africans as a first or additional language.The high linguistic diversity of many African countries (Nigeria alone has over 500 languages, one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world) has made language policy a vital issue in the post-colonial era. In recent years, African countries have become increasingly aware of the value of their linguistic inheritance. Language policies being developed nowadays are mostly aimed at multilingualism. For example, all African languages are considered official languages of the African Union (AU). 2006 was declared by the African Union as the "Year of African Languages". However, although many mid-sized languages are used on the radio, in newspapers, and in primary-school education, and some of the larger ones are considered national languages, only a few are official at the national level.".
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- Languages_of_Africa comment "There are 1,250 to 2,100 and by some counts over 3,000 languages spoken natively in Africa, in several major language families:Afroasiatic is spread throughout the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the SahelNilo-Saharan is centered on Sudan and Chad (disputed validity)Niger–Congo (Bantu and non-Bantu) covers West, Central, Southeast and Southern AfricaKhoe is concentrated in the deserts of Namibia and BotswanaAustronesian is spoken in Madagascar.Indo-European is spoken on the southern tip of the continent.There are several other small families and language isolates, as well as obscure languages that have yet to be classified. ".
- Languages_of_Africa label "Afrikaanse talen".
- Languages_of_Africa label "Afrikanische Sprachen".
- Languages_of_Africa label "Języki afrykańskie".
- Languages_of_Africa label "Languages of Africa".
- Languages_of_Africa label "Langues africaines".
- Languages_of_Africa label "Lenguas de África".
- Languages_of_Africa label "Lingue africane".
- Languages_of_Africa label "Línguas africanas".
- Languages_of_Africa label "Языки Африки".
- Languages_of_Africa label "اللغات في أفريقيا".
- Languages_of_Africa label "アフリカの言語".
- Languages_of_Africa label "非洲语言".
- Languages_of_Africa sameAs Afrikanische_Sprachen.
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- Languages_of_Africa sameAs アフリカの言語.
- Languages_of_Africa sameAs Afrikaanse_talen.
- Languages_of_Africa sameAs Języki_afrykańskie.
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