Home›Other Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan and Khoisan 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.AfricaComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)AfricaFilter Results7 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAfro-Asiatic (4)Cushitic (1)Khoisan (1)Macro-Somali languages (1)Nilo-Saharan (1)Speaker Count BandAll0 to 400,000 (2)16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (1)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (2)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (1)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)No Official Status (2)Official Language (2)Recognized Regional or Minority Language (1)StatusAllExtinct (1)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (1)Living (5)Script UsedAllArabic Script (2)Coptic Alphabet (1)Egyptian Hieroglyphs (1)Latin Script (4)Libyco-Berber Alphabet (1)Tifinagh (1)Language KindAllExtinct (2)Safe (3)Vulnerable (1)TonalAllTonal (2)Word OrderAllOther (1)SOV (1)SVO (2)Period Start YearAll-3200 (1)300 (1)1201 (1)1601 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7Ancient EgyptianAfricaBerber LanguagesAfricaCopticAfricaHausaAfricaKhoekhoeAfricaSomaliAfricaZarmaAfricaComments (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.