Classification of African Languages

Language Group

• Afro-Asiatic
• Khosian
• Niger-Congo
• Nilo-Saharan

Pidgins

• Hausa based
• Swahili based
• Zulu based

Creoles

• Afrikaans based Creole
• Arabic based
• Kongo based
• Krio based
• Swahili based Creole

Unclassified Languages

• Anlo (Togo)
• Bete (Nigeria)
• Gibanawa (Nigeria)
• Hwla (Togo)
• Imeraguen (Mauritania)
• Kara (Central African Republic)
• Korobore (Burkina Faso)
• Kujarge (Chad)
• Laal (Chad)
• Lufu (Nigeria)
• Luo (Cameroon)
• Mawa (Nigeria)
• Nemadi (Mali/Mauritania)
• Rer Bare (Ethiopia)
• Sininkere (Burkina Faso)
• Weyto (Ethiopia)
• Wutana (Nigeria)
• Yauma (Angola/Zambia)
• Yeni (Cameroon)

Part of the Ethnologue