Home›Bantu Languages›Region›AfricaBrowse ByAfricaRegion names the place where a language first took shape. Wikipedia notes that Spanish "originated in the Kingdom of Castile, a historical kingdom in north-central Spain," long before it spread across the Americas. This dimension shows which regions have given the world their own home-grown languages.FactsAfricaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested350 1AfricaFilter Results9 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAtlantic-Congo (7)Bantu (5)Niger-Congo (1)Southern Bantu languages (4)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (1)430,000 to 5,500,000 (1)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (7)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)National Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) (2)Official Language (6)StatusAllLiving (9)Script UsedAllArabic Script (1)Latin Script (9)Language KindAllSafe (9)TonalAllTonal (1)Word OrderAllSVO (5)Period Start YearAll1711 (1)1823 (1)1837 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9ChichewaAfricaKinyarwandaAfricaKirundiAfricaSesothoAfricaShonaAfricaSwahiliAfricaTswanaAfricaXhosaAfricaZuluAfricaSources1. 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.