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KCU / CCPL present Adventure Begins @ Your Library - Africa

Summer Reading 2024 - Africa

Language

Africa is the most linguistically diverse continent, representing thousands of languages. The image below shows us the main language families of Africa, geographically.

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Map of Africa, showing geographic origins of language families. Image from Wikipedia.

 

Watch some of the videos from the ILoveLanguages YouTube channel below previewing some of Africa's major languages, appreciating with us the beauty and diversity of communication.

Afroasiatic Languages

 

Nilo-Saharan Languages

 

Niger-Congo Languages

 

Bantu Languages

 

Khoisan Languages

 

Indo-European Languages

 

Austronesian Languages