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On the Web
- Languages of Africa - Map showing the distribution of the four language families of Africa, with associated links to the classification of individual African languages.
- European Language Services - Translation, interpreting, editing, proofreading and voice-overs in European, Oriental and African languages. Company based in South Africa.
- Dan's Language Service - Translation in English/Afrikaans/Dutch/German>English/Afrikaans, and language editing and proofreading in Afrikaans and English. Freelancer Dan Steyl based in South Africa. Site in English and Afrikaans.
- Bartleby.com: African Languages - Entry in the Columbia Encyclopedia describing the different classes of languages spoken in Africa and their respective characteristics.
- Vita Brevis - Translation, interpreting and related services in several languages. Company based in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
- African Language Resources - Columbia University - Area Studies links.
- African Languages: An Introduction - Introduction extracted from a textbook on the major African language groups including coverage of phonology, morphology, syntax, typology and comparative linguistics.
- African Languages - Annotated collection of links to web pages providing information on the grammar, pronunciation or vocabulary of various African languages,
- African Languages Publishing Program - List of academic publications on African languages and linguistics from the German publishing house Rüdiger Köppe Verlag in Cologne.
- African Languages at Michigan State University - Course offerings and African Linguistics information. Language map, extensive website directory.
Wikipedia Articles
- Afro-Asiatic languages - The Afro-Asiatic languages constitute a language family (Languages of Africa) with about 375 languages (SIL estimate) and more than 300 million speakers spread throughout North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, and Southwest Asia (including some 200 million speakers of Arabic). Other names sometimes given to this family include "Afrasian", "Hamito-Semitic" (French and ...
- Languages of South Africa - South Africa has 11 official languages, which is second in number only to the 23 national languages of India. South Africa also recognises eight non-official languages as "national languages".
- Languages of the African Union - The languages of the African Union (AU) are languages used by citizens within the member states of the AU. The Union has defined all languages of Africa as official, and currently uses Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese as its working languages Article 25 of the Constitutive Act of African Union, due to the Arab conquest of ...
- Khoisan languages - The Khoisan languages (also Khoesaan languages) are the indigenous languages of southern and eastern Africa; in southern Africa their speakers are the Khoi and Bushmen (Saan), in east Africa the Sandawe and Hadza. They are famous for their clicks.
- List of extinct languages of Africa - This is a list of extinct languages of Africa, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant.