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Swahili: A Guide to This Fascinating Language

Swahili is an extremely extensive language, in order to understand it further, we have put together a guide to aid your understanding. Swahili is a language native to the Swahili people and part of the Bantu language family. Where is Swahili spoken? Spanning across a...

Do You Know the Top 7 Languages Spoken in Guinea-Bissau? 

Do You Know the Top 7 Languages Spoken in Guinea-Bissau?  Laying near the coast of West Africa, Guinea-Bissau is a country of rich cultural history. From the Portuguese colonisation in the 15th century to gaining their independent status in the early 1970’s, the...

The Zarma Language: One Of The Fascinating Songhay Languages

Zarma (also known as Djerma) is one of the Songhay languages, which derive from Nilo-Saharan language family. The Songhay languages comprise two dialects, Northern Songhay and Southern Songhay (Zarma is a Southern Songhay language). The primary speakers of the Zarma...

The Fascinating Umbrella of Dialects in Sudan

Within the midst of Sudan, lies a web of different dialects. Being the third largest country within the continent of Africa, Sudan is known to be home to around 133 living languages- languages citizens use in their daily life. The sheer number of languages that have...
Languages in Congo

Languages in Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo is a hugely diverse country. There are thought to be around 242 known languages. 62...

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