African Languages
The African languages are currently divided into the following four language families
Non-African families
The above are families indigenous to Africa. Two African languages belong to non-African families: Malagasy is an Austronesian language, and Afrikaans is Indo-European.
- External link: Ethnologue.com's Africa : More on African languages and language families.
Studying African Languages
In Europe there is a project going on building up a common curriculum in African Languages and Linguistics called EEQUALL (European Equivalences In African Languages And Linguistics). It will allow students to get credit points from different universities.
- External link: EEQUALL (currently a bit outdated)
See also
Referenced By
AfricA | African | Afro-Asiatic | Afro-Asiatic languages | AfroAsiaticLanguages | Afroasiatic | Afroasiatic languages | Carl Lepsius | Carl Richard Lepsius | Diedrich Hermann Westermann | Diedrich Westermann | Ernst Oswald Johannes Westphal | Gender (grammar) | Grammatical gender | Hamitic languages | International African Institute | Karl Richard Lepsius | Khoisan language | Khoisan languages | Niger-Congo | Niger-Congo languages | Niger-Kordofanian languages | Nilo-Saharan | Nilo-Saharan language | Nilo-Saharan languages | Noun class | Proto-World Language
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