Of these four language families, as I pointed out in a previous article, three--that is, Afro-Asiatic, Niger Congo, and Nilo-Saharan languages--are represented in Nigeria.

Grammatical descriptions of Mara Bantu languages, isiNdebele, Nzadi, and Totela (Bantu), Uduk (Nilo-Saharan), Mano (Mande), Somali; Nominal classification in Atlantic languages; Tense, aspect and ...

The map, from Exploring Africa, has colour-coded each language into the seven families, which include Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Khosian, Niger-Congo / Congo-Kordofanian, Creole, Austronesian ...

The main distinction is among Niger-Congo groups and the rest, including Nilo-Saharan speakers and hunter gatherers (with the Khoisan having preserved their ancestral language but not Pygmies).

The Kunama ethnic group are one of the early inhabitants of Eritrea. They speak Kunama, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan language group, and live in an area that is suitable for farming and ...

Many of these languages are from the three major African language families: Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Niger-Congo. While the official language in Nigeria is English, and other major languages ...