Niger-Congo (Bantu)

6 languages

The lingua franca of East Africa. Official language of Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. Has absorbed man...

One of the 11 official languages of South Africa. Known for click consonants borrowed from Khoisan l...

Famous for its click consonants, with 18 distinct clicks. The native language of Nelson Mandela. One...

The lingua franca of the Congo region. The language of soukous music. Used by the military in DR Con...

The majority language of Zimbabwe. Noun classes and agglutination shape its words. Known for its whi...

The national language of Rwanda, spoken by nearly everyone. A rare African language shared across al...