Home›African Language Families›Classification Status›EstablishedBrowse ByEstablishedFactsEstablishedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested2100 1EstablishedFilter Results195 entriesMacro-areaAllAfrican Language Isolates and Small Families (1)Afroasiatic: Berber and Egyptian (11)Afroasiatic: Chadic (10)Afroasiatic: Cushitic and Omotic (17)Afroasiatic: Semitic (1)Bantu Languages (39)Khoisan (3)Nilo-Saharan (31)Other Niger-Congo (81)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllAfro-Asiatic (2)Atlantic-Congo (1)Bantu (1)Benue-Congo (4)Central Sudanic (1)Chadic (3)Cushitic (2)Mbum-Day languages (1)Niger-Congo (5)Omotic (2)Volta-Congo (2)Speaker Count BandAll24,600 to 795,000 (21)592 to 23,000 (3)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (30)RegionAllAfrica (143)Algeria (3)Bali (1)Benin (2)Brazil (1)Burkina Faso (2)Cameroon (3)Central Africa (8)Central African Republic (1)Chad (5)Colombia (1)Cote d'Ivoire (4)Cross River State (1)Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)Djibouti (1)East Africa (2)Ethiopia (3)Gabon (1)Gambia (1)Ghana (1)Guinea (4)Guinea-Bissau (1)Kenya (3)Liberia (3)Libya (3)Mali (3)Morocco (3)Niger (5)Nigeria (13)North Africa (2)Republic of the Congo (1)Senegal (1)Sierra Leone (3)Somalia (1)South America (1)South Sudan (3)Southern Africa (5)Sub-Saharan Africa (4)Sudan (9)Tanzania (3)The Horn of Africa (2)The Maghreb (1)The Middle East (1)The Sahel (1)Togo (2)Tunisia (2)Uganda (1)West Africa (8)Zambia (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (54)Number of LanguagesAll2 (15)16 to 1,408 (53)3 to 5 (29)6 to 15 (51)In GroupAllAfrican Language Isolates and Small Families (1)Afroasiatic: Berber and Egyptian (11)Afroasiatic: Chadic (10)Afroasiatic: Cushitic and Omotic (17)Afroasiatic: Semitic (1)Bantu Languages (39)Khoisan (3)Nilo-Saharan (31)Other Niger-Congo (81)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Afro-AsiaticEstablishedAgaw languagesEstablishedAizi languagesEstablishedAlumic languagesEstablishedAngas languagesEstablishedAroidEstablishedAtlantic-CongoEstablishedAtlas languagesEstablishedAyere-Ahan languagesEstablishedBade languagesEstablishedBafia languagesEstablishedBaga languagesEstablishedBak languagesEstablishedBamileke languagesEstablishedBanda languagesEstablishedBangi-Ntomba languagesEstablishedBantoid languagesEstablishedBantuEstablishedBasa languagesEstablishedBasaa languagesEstablishedBati-Angba languagesEstablishedBayotEstablishedBeboid languagesEstablishedBendi languagesEstablishedBenue-CongoEstablishedBerber languagesEstablishedBeromic languagesEstablishedBiu-Mandara languagesEstablishedBole-Tangale languagesEstablishedBoma-Dzing languagesEstablishedBoranEstablishedBotatwe languagesEstablishedBua languagesEstablishedBuja-Ngombe languagesEstablishedBullom languagesEstablishedBurun languagesEstablishedBushoong languagesEstablishedCangin languagesEstablishedCentral Delta languagesEstablishedCentral SudanicEstablishedCentral Tano languagesEstablishedChadicEstablishedChokwe-Luchazi languagesEstablishedCross River languagesEstablishedCushiticEstablishedDajuEstablishedDakoid languagesEstablishedDefoid languagesEstablishedDizoidEstablishedDogonEstablishedShowing 1 to 50 of 195, page 1 of 4.1234Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Languages Of AfricaWikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead sectionThe number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated (depending on the delineation of language vs. dialect) at between 1,250 and 2,100, and by some counts at over 3,000.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.