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World languages

Various languages spoken around the world, their origin, history and culture.

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World languages

Berber

Language; World languages

Berber, also known as Tamazight, is a language spoken by indigenous populations of Morocco. This Afro-Asiatic language has roots across North Africa. Political pressure has forced much of the Berber ...

Somali

Language; World languages

Somali is one of two official languages of Somalia; the other is Arabic. Somali is an Afro-Asiatic language of the East-Cushtic variety. Approximately 20 million people speak Somali, the majority of ...

Sango

Language; World languages

Sango is an official language of the Central African Republic. It is a creole related to Ngbandi and French. Spoken primarily in the Central African Republic, Chad, and the Democratic Republic of ...

Kinyarwanda

Language; World languages

Kinyarwanda is the official language of Rwanda. It is also spoken in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda, where it is known as Fumbira. In Rwanda, it is spoken by approximately 7 ...

Sesotho

Language; World languages

Sesotho is an official language in Lesotho and South Africa. In South Africa, there are approximately 4 million speakers of this language. Sesotho is Bantu in origin, and a member of the Sotho-Tswana ...

Swahili

Language; World languages

Swahili is an official language in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is also spoken in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mayotte, Mozambique, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, and South Africa. Throughout ...

Amharic

Language; World languages

Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia. It is a member of the Semitic family of Afro-Asiatic languages. Groups of people living in North Africa and Southwest Asia (including the Middle East) ...

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