It’s difficult for a Westerner to understand just how linguistically diverse Africa is. Most European countries are composed of a single...

Hardly any African countries are dominated by a single ethnic group—the vast majority are comprised of a colorful plethora of diverse...

If you know Burkina Faso, a small, landlocked country in West Africa, you may be aware that the country is a member of the Francophone...

It’s hard to keep track of all the languages spoken in West Africa. Hundreds of unique languages populate the region, and though most...

Did you know that more than 90 distinct languages are spoken indigenously in Ethiopia? This vibrant nation in the Horn of Africa is a...

Uganda is a more diverse country than many give it credit for. Despite its relatively small geographical size making it smaller than 60%...

If you know a bit about the linguistic landscape in Africa, you probably know that Senegal uses French as its official language. As such,...

The linguistic landscape of Africa is as complicated as the vibrant continent itself. The vast land has given way to thousands of diverse...

Ethiopia is a unique country within Africa because it was one of the only ones to successfully resist colonization during the European...

There’s no one language spoken in Uganda. This impressively multilingual country is spattered with linguistic diversity from one region...

Most people outside of Africa haven’t heard of Tumbuka. In fact, most of them haven’t heard of the majority of Africa’s 2,000 or so...

Africa is one of the world’s most ethnolinguistically diverse areas. Most African countries are home to a plethora of disparate...

Did you know that more than 70 distinct languages are spoken indigenously in Uganda? The United States contains more than 100 indigenous...

Navigating the linguistic landscape of Africa can be tricky. Languages can differ, sometimes dramatically, from village to village, with...

Though most people outside of Africa would be hard-pressed to name more than a handful of indigenous African languages, Africa accounts...

While most African nations have designated English, French , Arabic , or Portuguese as their official language, using the imported...

Africa is a wealth of linguistic diversity, with more than an estimated 2,000 of the world’s 7,000 or so languages spoken across the vast...

Sierra Leone is a remarkably diverse country—although that’s par for the course in Africa. Straddling the coastal tip of West Africa,...

Africa is a hotspot of ethnic and linguistic diversity, with most of the continent’s countries, particularly those south of the Sahara...

What’s the biggest language family in the world? If you’re going by number of speakers, it’s certainly Indo–European, with English,...