Home›Bantu Languages›All Bantu LanguagesBrowse ByAll Bantu LanguagesReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe Bantu branch of Niger-Congo. Belongs here: Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Shona, Xhosa, Zulu, Tswana. Does not belong here: a non-Bantu Niger-Congo language such as Yoruba or Wolof, grouped under Other Niger-Congo Languages.FactsAll Bantu LanguagesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested350 1All Bantu LanguagesFilter Results10 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAtlantic-Congo (7)Bantu (6)Niger-Congo (1)Southern Bantu languages (4)RegionAllBotswana, South Africa (1)Burundi (1)Lesotho, South Africa (1)Malawi, eastern Zambia, Mozambique (1)Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda (1)Southern Africa (1)StatusAllLiving (9)Speaker Count BandAll1100000.000000 (1)5600000.000000 (1)7000000.000000 (1)8000000.000000 (1)9600000.000000 (1)12000000.000000 (1)13000000.000000 (1)15000000.000000 (1)16000000.000000 (1)Script UsedAllArabic Script (1)Latin Script (9)Period Start YearAll1711 (1)1823 (1)1837 (1)Language KindAllSafe (10)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)National Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) (2)Official Language (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10ChichewaBantu LanguagesKikuyu languageBantu LanguagesKinyarwandaBantu LanguagesKirundiBantu LanguagesSesothoBantu LanguagesShonaBantu LanguagesSwahiliBantu LanguagesTswanaBantu LanguagesXhosaBantu LanguagesZuluBantu LanguagesSources1. Wikipedia: Bantu LanguagesWikimedia FoundationBody, total speakers sentenceQuote, Body, total speakers sentenceThe total number of Bantu speakers is estimated to be around 350 million in 2015 (roughly 30% of the population of Africa or 5% of the world population).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.