Nigeria is a country in West Africa, that shares borders with the Niger Republic in the north, Chad on the southeast side, the Cameroon Republic on the East, and the Republic of Benin to the west. Nigeria has the Sahara Desert to its north and the Atlantic Ocean to its south. The coun...
The island nation of Papua New Guinea holds the record, with 840 spoken languages, many of which aren’t even related! What Are the 21 Languages Most Spoken in the World? The world’s top 21 most spoken languages are (in order): English (1.452 billion) Mandarin Chinese (1.118 billion) ...
people—speak a Niger-Congo language. In two countries,NigerandChad, Niger-Congo languages are spoken by a minority. In northernNigeria, northernUganda, andKenyathere are substantial populations speaking other languages, but even in these countries the majority of the population speaks a Niger-Congo...
There are about 2,000 languages spoken in Africa. Generally, these languages belong to one of six major linguistic families. They are Afroasiatic family, Nilo-Saharan family, Niger-Congo family, Khoe family, Austronesian family and Indo-European family. Also, there are some additional smaller fam...
Chadic languages, superfamily of languages in the Afro-Asiatic phylum. Some 140 or more Chadic languages are spoken, predominantly in Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad. The four subdivisions of the Chadic family—West Chadic, Central Chadic (Biu-Mandara
Above all, in Africa, there are almost 90 million French speakers. Hausa Another most spoken language of Africa is Hausa. It is the official language of Nigeria. In Africa, more than 50 million people use Hausa as their first language. Moreover, there are states such as, Benin, Burkina ...
Noun1.Chadic- a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa Chadic language,Chad West Chadic- a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member ...
Hausa, the most important member of theChadic Branch, is the main language of Nigeria. It was once written in the Arabic script but now uses the Latin alphabet. The Chadic Branch contains 600 languages spoken in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. ...
and Nigeria. Today, the Constitution of India recognizes 23 languages in India.Hindiis the official language of India, with 22 additional languages scheduled or formally recognized. English is an accepted co-official language. The 2011 Indian census notes 121 languages spoken in the country; many ...
2. East Africa’s Swahili The Bantu language spoken along the eastern coast of Africa for centuries is called Swahili, or Kiswahili, in the local dialect. Its beginnings can be seen in the connections between nearby Bantu villages and Arab traders. Swahili became a common language for trade an...