African Languages Database — Accordion View

Click a country to expand and see languages. We include: official or national languages, working/colonial languages (Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish), lingua francas, regional/ethnic/indigenous languages, creoles, and even endangered / very small languages like Ongota and Weyto from Ethiopia. Country summaries note how many languages are reported (Ethnologue-style counts where available). :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}

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African Languages Database (2025 draft)

High linguistic density examples: Cameroon (200+ named varieties), DRC (~205 living indigenous languages), Tanzania (120+), Mali (50+ official/national/local languages), Burkina Faso (70+), Ethiopia (80+ incl. Omotic, Cushitic, Nilo-Saharan/Surmic, Ethio-Semitic, Ethiopian Sign Language). :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}

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