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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...

The Hausa Language

The Hausa Language

The Hausa Language is vital to the west and central African language system, being the lingua franca within these...

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The Shona Language

The Shona Language

The Shona Language (Written by Shannon Walker) Shona is one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages. Part of the...

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