Home›Bantu Languages›Language Family (Classification)Browse ByLanguage Family (Classification)This dimension links a language to the wider family it belongs to. Wikipedia describes Spanish as "a Romance language of the Indo-European language family," placing it inside two nested groupings at once. Browsing by language family gathers languages that share the same distant common ancestor.FactsLanguage Family (Classification)SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested350 1Language Family (Classification)Filter Results4 entriesRegionAllAfrica (4)Kenya (1)Southern Africa (1)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (2)430,000 to 5,500,000 (2)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (3)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (2)National Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) (2)Official Language (4)StatusAllLiving (4)Script UsedAllArabic Script (2)Latin Script (4)Language KindAllSafe (4)TonalAllTonal (2)Word OrderAllSVO (3)Period Start YearAll1711 (2)1823 (2)1837 (2)Classification ConfidenceAllEstablished (3)Proposed (1)Number of LanguagesAll26 (1)1408 (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (3)Speaker CountAll350,000,000 (1)500,000,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAtlantic-CongoLanguage Family (Classification)7 entriesBantuLanguage Family (Classification)6 entriesNiger-CongoLanguage Family (Classification)1 entrySouthern Bantu languagesLanguage Family (Classification)4 entriesSources1. 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.