Languages of Africa

There are 1,250 to 2,100 and by some counts over 3,000 languages spoken natively in Africa, in several major language families:

Afroasiatic is spread throughout the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahel

Nilo-Saharan is centered on Sudan and Chad (disputed validity)

Niger–Congo (Bantu and non-Bantu) covers West, Central, Southeast and Southern Africa

Khoe is concentrated in the deserts of Namibia and Botswana

Austronesian is spoken in Madagascar.

Indo-European is spoken on the southern tip of the continent.

There are several other small families and language isolates, as well as obscure languages that have yet to be classified. In addition, Africa has a wide variety of sign languages, many of which are language isolates.

About a hundred of the languages of Africa are widely used for inter-ethnic communication. Arabic, Somali, Berber, Amharic, Oromo, Swahili, Hausa, Manding, Igbo, Fulani and Yoruba are spoken by tens of millions of people. If clusters of up to a hundred similar languages are counted together, twelve are spoken by 75 percent, and fifteen by 85 percent, of Africans as a first or additional language.

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Mississippi students fared better on state tests last year

The Bryan Eagle 16 Aug 2018

(AP) — Mississippi public school students fared better on the state's standardized tests last year, according to results released Thursday by the Mississippi Department of Education, although gains in math again outstripped gains in English and language arts ... In English/language arts, which tests reading and writing, 40 percent of students scored at proficient or advanced levels....

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Growing Christian genocide in Nigeria: Christian death toll exceeds 6,000 in six months

The Tribune Papers 16 Aug 2018

Nigeria was a British colony until 1960, and English is an official language, but there are about 250 West African ethnic groups in Nigeria speaking dozens of languages ... The fast majority of Nigerians belong to the same genetic group as most African-Americans ... northeastern Nigeria and is also active in the African states of Cameroon, Niger, and Chad....

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50 years of African languages at UF

Public Technologies 15 Aug 2018

Yorùbá - spoken by 40 million people in Nigeria, its neighboring countries and the diaspora - is one of several African languages offered at UF. The university's Program in African Languages began with Swahili more than 50 years ago and has been adding languages since. UF also hosts the African ......

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Donald Trump Calls Omarosa a ‘Dog’ in Latest Tweet, White House Defends Him

Yahoo Daily News 15 Aug 2018

Donald Trump seems to literally say whatever comes to his mind is no news, however his latest vocabulary to attack his former aide is crossing the line into racist language ... This language also harkens back to the time of slavery when slave owners referred to their African American workers as dogs....

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White Supremacists See a Friend in Trump

Human Rights 15 Aug 2018

Expand White supremacists hold a 'Unite The Right 2' rally in Washington, D.C ... The president’s words and actions on the question of race speak for themselves. He called undocumented immigrants “animals” and used such language to rationalize policies like “zero-tolerance” and increased funding for immigration detention . He has called African countries “shitholes” , expressing a preference for more migration from countries like Norway ... ....

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Trump calls former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman 'a dog'

Deccan Chronicle 15 Aug 2018

Washington ... Manigault Newman had been one of the Republican president’s most prominent black supporters.   ... How dare he call anyone a dog?” Democratic US Representative Frederica Wilson, who is also an African-American, told CNN. Asked whether Trump’s language was appropriate, White House senior counsellor Kellyanne Conway did not answer directly but told Fox News she had never heard Trump “issue a racial slur about anyone” ... ....

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In the war on West Nile Virus, mosquito-eating fish are the latest biological weapon

Daily Bulletin 15 Aug 2018

Millie Cavafian lives in South Pasadena next door to a vacant home with an old swimming pool teeming with green algae. “Five minutes out of the house and we are bitten by mosquitoes. We have kids and they have complained about it,” she told Marc Mitchell, vector control specialist ... In the African language of Makonde, the name chikungunya means “one who bends up” or curls into a fetal position due to the unbearable pain ... ....

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GOP senator calls Trump's attack against Omarosa 'unbecoming'

CNN 14 Aug 2018

Jeff Flake of Arizona condemned President Donald Trump's attacks against former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman as "unbecoming," just hours after Trump called the only African-American to have served in a senior role in the White House a "dog.". "This kind of language is unbecoming of a President of the United States," Flake, a Utah Republican, wrote on Twitter Tuesday....

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Trump calls Omarosa a 'dog' in latest attack on ex-aide

The Bradford Era 14 Aug 2018

President Donald Trump on Tuesday referred to former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman, the only African-American to have served in a senior role in the White House, as a "dog." ... Referring to an African-American woman as an animal is at best a sharp departure from the language typically employed by Presidents and at worst a reference that traffics in sexual and racial imagery....

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday referred to former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman, the only African-American to have served in a senior role in the White House, as a "dog."

Graphic 14 Aug 2018

... the only African-American to have served in a senior role in the White House, as a "dog." ... Referring to an African-American woman as an animal is at best a sharp departure from the language typically employed by Presidents and at worst a reference that traffics in sexual and racial imagery....

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Trump calls Omarosa a 'dog' in latest attack

WCPO 14 Aug 2018

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President Trump Calls Omarosa ‘That Dog’ As He Denies Using the N-Word

Time Magazine 14 Aug 2018

President Donald Trump continued his attack on former White House official Omarosa Manigault-Newman Tuesday, calling her a “crazed, crying lowlife” and referring to her as “that dog.” ... “Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!” ... — Donald J ... — Donald J ... But his use of the phrase to characterize an African-American woman stands to complicate his denial of using racist language....

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Did Trump use N-word? Omarosa says yes, he says no, Sanders offers no guarantee

Chicago Sun-Times 14 Aug 2018

“I’ve never heard him use that term or anything similar.” ... “I don’t have that word in my vocabulary, and never have ... Reporters asked Sanders what message the president is sending by using such disparaging language in tweets about Manigault Newman and other African-Americans, such as CNN anchor Don Lemon and NFL players ... Fake News! ... Manigault Newman has responded that Trump has “absolutely no respect” for women or African-Americans....

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