Home›African Language Families›Reconstructed Ancestor›ReconstructedBrowse ByReconstructedFactsReconstructedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested2100 1ReconstructedFilter Results61 entriesMacro-areaAllAfroasiatic: Berber and Egyptian (3)Afroasiatic: Chadic (3)Afroasiatic: Cushitic and Omotic (6)Bantu Languages (16)Nilo-Saharan (16)Other Niger-Congo (17)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllAfro-Asiatic (3)Benue-Congo (3)Chadic (1)Cushitic (2)Niger-Congo (2)Omotic (2)Speaker Count BandAll24,600 to 795,000 (8)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (17)RegionAllAfrica (60)Cameroon (1)Central Africa (3)Central African Republic (1)East Africa (2)North Africa (2)Republic of the Congo (1)Southern Africa (2)Sub-Saharan Africa (3)Sudan (1)The Horn of Africa (2)The Middle East (1)The Sahel (1)West Africa (3)Classification StatusAllEstablished (49)Number of LanguagesAll2 (3)16 to 1,408 (24)3 to 5 (8)6 to 15 (14)In GroupAllAfroasiatic: Berber and Egyptian (3)Afroasiatic: Chadic (3)Afroasiatic: Cushitic and Omotic (6)Bantu Languages (16)Nilo-Saharan (16)Other Niger-Congo (17)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Afro-AsiaticReconstructedAgaw languagesReconstructedAroidReconstructedBamileke languagesReconstructedBantoid languagesReconstructedBantuReconstructedBerber languagesReconstructedBiu-Mandara languagesReconstructedCangin languagesReconstructedCentral SudanicReconstructedChadicReconstructedCushiticReconstructedDajuReconstructedDefoid languagesReconstructedDizoidReconstructedEast Cushitic languagesReconstructedEastern JebelReconstructedEastern Nilotic languagesReconstructedEdoid languagesReconstructedEkoid languagesReconstructedGã-Dangme languagesReconstructedGbaya languagesReconstructedGbeReconstructedGrassfields languagesReconstructedGreat Lakes Bantu languagesReconstructedGuang languagesReconstructedIgboid languagesReconstructedJarawan languagesReconstructedKhoeReconstructedKomanReconstructedKruReconstructedKuliakReconstructedLower Cross River languagesReconstructedMaa languagesReconstructedMabanReconstructedMandeReconstructedMbam languagesReconstructedNguniReconstructedNiger-CongoReconstructedNilo-SaharanReconstructedNiloticReconstructedNorth Nyanza languagesReconstructedNorthern Bantoid languagesReconstructedNorthern Eastern Sudanic languagesReconstructedNubianReconstructedNyimaReconstructedNyimang LanguagesReconstructedOmoticReconstructedRon languagesReconstructedRutara languagesReconstructedShowing 1 to 50 of 61, page 1 of 2.12Next →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.