African Languages

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• The Translation World – African page
• The Translation World – African languages

The links herebelow (by country or by language family) provide basic information about EACH of the over 2000 African languages, notably in regard to the standard code, estimated number of speakers, geolinguistic location, variants, genealogical classification, map,  and recorded documentation. Other useful links follow thereafter.

AFRICAN LANGUAGES BY COUNTRY (courtesy Ethnologue)

AFRICAN LANGUAGES BY FAMILY (courtesy Ethnologue)

Chamito-Semitic (North) 

Niger-Congo (Centre West)

Nilo-Saharan (Centre)

Bantu (South)

Khoisan (South)

MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES

ON TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION, TERMINOLOGY, DICTIONARIES AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION INVOLVING ENDOGENIC (NATIVE) AFRICAN LANGUAGES

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

http://aflat.org/; http://africanlanguages.com/; http://africanlanguage.com/; http://www.africa.upenn.edu/K-12/menu_EduLANG.html; http://goafrica.about.com/od/africanlanguages/a/africanlanguage.htm; http://www.africanlanguages.org/