What is an African language?
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he African continent has a diversity of languages. About 2000 African languages are spoken throughout the continent. These languages can be categorised into four main groupings, namely; Afro-Asiatic: with appoximately 200 languages which covers Northern Africa, including the horn of Africa and Central Sahara. The second group is the Nilo-Saharian, which includes 140 languages in Central and Eastern Africa. Niger-Saharian covers two thirds of Africa with Niger-Congo gathering more than 1000 languages. The Bantu languages of Central, Southern, and Eastern Africa form a sub-group of the Niger Congo branch. The Khoisan has about thirty languages in Western part of Southern Africa. All these African languages are considered official languages of the African Union. Sakina Kamwedo speaks to Dr Kim Wallmach Head of Wits Language School.
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