Infobox language family name Chadic region Nigeria , Niger , Chad , Central African Republic , Cameroon familycolor Afro asiatic child1 Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara child2 East Chadiclanguages East Chadic child3 Masa languages Masa child4 West Chadiclanguages West Chadic iso5 cdc map Afroasiatic en.svg mapcaption The Chadiclanguages constitute a language family of perhaps 200 languages spoken ... languages Afroasiatic phylum . The most widely spoken Chadic language is Hausa language ... Blench 2006 , for example, only accepts the A B bifurcation of East Chadic. ref Blench, 2006. http rogerblench.info Language Afroasiatic General AALIST.pdf The Afro Asiatic Languages Classification and Reference List ms ref West Chadiclanguages West Chadic . Two branches, which include A the Hausa language Hausa , Ron languages Ron , Bole languages Bole , and Angas languages Angas languages and B the Bade languages Bade , Warji language Warji , and Zaar languages Zaar languages. Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara Central Chadic . Three branches, which include A the Bura language Bura , Kamwe language Kamwe , and Bata language Bata languages, among other groups B the Buduma language Buduma and Musgu language Musgu languages and C Gidar language Gidar East Chadiclanguages East Chadic . Two ... Kera languages and B the Dangal at language Dangal at , Mukulu language Mukulu , and Sokoro language Sokoro languages Masa languages Masa File Chadic Languages.jpg thumb Bibliography http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 262 16 Ethnologue entry for Chadiclanguages Lukas, Johannes 1936 The linguistic .... Zentralsudanische Studien, Hamburg 1937 Newman, Paul and Ma, Roxana 1966 Comparative Chadic phonology and lexicon. Journal of African Languages , 5, 218&ndash 251. Newman, Paul 1977 Chadic classification ... Category Afro Asiatic languages Category Chadiclanguages AfroAsiatic lang stub ar an Luengas ... adieu new thoughts on Chadic language classification , in Fronzaroli, Pelio ed. , Atti del Secondo ... more details
chadic east.html East Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 91365 Ethnologue entry for East Chadiclanguages Category Chadiclanguages Category East Chadiclanguages Category Languages of Chad AfroAsiatic lang stub Chad stub br Yezho ...Infobox language family name East Chadic region Chad , Cameroon familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic child1 East Chadic A child2 East Chadic B map East chadic languages.jpg mapcaption East Chadic per Newman 1977 The three dozen East Chadiclanguages of the ChadiclanguagesChadic family are spoken in Chad and Cameroon . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref Languages The branches of East Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format. ref Blench, 2006. http rogerblench.info Language Afroasiatic General AALIST.pdf The Afro Asiatic Languages Classification and Reference List ms ref East Chadic A Sibine A.1.1 Mire language Mire , Ndam language Ndam , Somrai language Somrai , Tumak language Tumak , Motun language Motun , Mawer language Mawer Miltu A.1.2 Boor language Boor , Gadang language Gadang , Miltu language Miltu , Sarua language Sarua Buso language Buso Nancere A.2.1 ref name NG Languages in both the Nancere and Gabri branches go by the names of Kimre and Gabri. The two branches together are sometimes also called Gabri. ref Nancere language Nancere , Kimr language Kimr , Lele language Chad Lele Gabri A.2.2 ref name NG Gabri language Gabri , Kabalai language Kabalai , Tobanga language Tobanga Kwang A.3 Kwang language Kwang , Kera language Kera East Chadic B Dangla B.1.1 Bidiyo language Bidiyo , Dangal at language Dangal at Dangla , Jonkor ... language Kujarg ref Kujarg appears to have ties with the Mubi languages, but perhaps not genetic ones. Its classification is uncertain. ref Mokilko language Mokilko B.2 Sokoro languages Sokoro ... more details
Infobox language family name West Chadic region Nigeria , Niger familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic child1 Hausa child2 Bole Angas child3 Bade Warji child4 Barawa map West Chadic Languages.jpg mapcaption West Chadic per Newman 1977 The West Chadiclanguages of the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family are spoken principally in Niger and Nigeria. ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref They include Hausa language Hausa , the most populous Chadic language and the major language of West Africa. Languages The branches of West Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format. ref Blench, 2006. http rogerblench.info Language Afroasiatic General AALIST.pdf The Afro Asiatic Languages Classification and Reference List ms ref Hausa A.1 Hausa language Hausa , Gwandara language Gwandara Bole Angas Bole Bole Tangale A.2 North Bole proper Bure language Bure , Karekare language Karekare , Bole language Bole , Gera language Gera , Geruma language Geruma , Deno language Deno , Galambu language Galambu , Giiwo language Giiwo , Kubi language Kubi , Ngamo language Ngamo , Maaka language Maaka Maagha , eele language eele , Dazawa language Daza Dazawa , Pali language Chadic Pali ref Presumably of the Bole Tangale group reported by Rudolf Leger Blench 2006 ref South ... & Hoskison 1972 from Bauchi State, Nigeria. It is unclassified within West Chadic. ref Blench, 2006. http rogerblench.info Language Afroasiatic General AALIST.pdf The Afro Asiatic Languages Classification and Reference List ms ref Notes Reflist References http africanlanguages.org chadic west.html West Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 2021 16 Ethnologue family tree for West Chadiclanguages Category Chadiclanguages Category West Chadiclanguages Category Languages of Nigeria AfroAsiatic lang stub bn br Yezho tchadek ... more details
distinguish Ju languages Infobox language name Ju region Bauchi State speakers 900 date 1993 ethnicity familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic fam3 West Chadiclanguages West fam4 Barawa languages Barawa B.3 fam5 Guruntum languages Guruntum iso3 juu Ju is a minor Chadic language of Nigeria. Category Chadiclanguages language stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Sokoro altname East Chadic B.3 region Chad familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic fam3 East Chadiclanguages East Chadic fam4 East Chadic B languages East Chadic B The Sokoro languages , the East Chadic B.3 group of the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family are spoken in Chad . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref The languages are Barein language Barein , Saba language Saba , Sokoro language Sokoro , and Tamki language Tamki . Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 91390 Ethnologue entry for East Chadic B.3 languages Category East Chadiclanguages Category Languages of Chad EChadic lang stub Chad stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Masa region Chad , Cameroon familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 ChadiclanguagesChadic child1 North child2 South The Masa languages are a group of a dozen closely related Chadiclanguages of West Africa. Languages The Masa languages listed in Blench 2006 are ref Blench, 2006. http rogerblench.info Language Afroasiatic General AALIST.pdf The Afro Asiatic Languages Classification and Reference List ms ref North Massa language Massa Masana ? Zumaya language Zumaya Musey Azumeina Musey language Musey Banana Azumeina language Azumeina Marba South Mesm language Mesm Peve Ka o P v language P v Nget Herd Dzepaw language Dz paw Lam , Nget language Sorga Nget , Herd language He e Rong The exonym Zime is used for the Herd , Nget , P v , and Mesm . Similarly, Ka o is a generic name for the Peve Ka o languages, a couple of which are called Lam as well. See also Chadiclanguages References reflist External links http africanlanguages.org chadic masa.html Masa Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org Category Chadiclanguages Category Languages of Cameroon Category Languages of Chad AfroAsiatic lang stub Cameroon stub Chad stub an Luengas masa br Yezho masek ca Lleng es masses es Lenguas masa hr Masa jezici nl Masatalen pl J zyki masa pt L nguas massa ... more details
in Nigeria The Afroasiatic languages of Nigeria divide into Chadic, Semitic and Berber. Of these, Chadic ... is classified as a West Chadiclanguages West Chadic language of the ChadiclanguagesChadic grouping ... system and a phonology influenced by Arabic . Other well known Chadiclanguages include Ngas,Goemai ... of Nigeria and on into Cameroun are the Central Chadiclanguages, such as Bura, the Higi cluster and Marghi. These are highly diverse and remain very poorly described. Many Chadiclanguages are severely ... of those recorded in the 1970s have disappeared. However, unknown Chadiclanguages are still being ..., outside the University of Lagos The number of languages currently estimated and catalogued in Nigeria is 521. This number includes 510 living languages, two second languages without native speakers and 9 extinct languages . In some areas of Nigeria, ethnic groups speak more than one language ... to facilitate the cultural and linguistic unity of the country. The major languages spoken in Nigeria ... in their own languages, English, being the official language, is widely used for education ... s populace in the rural areas, the major languages of communication in the country remain national languages, with the most widely spoken being Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. Foreign minorities speak their own languages aside from English and or major native languages. Nigeria s linguistic diversity is a microcosm of Africa as a whole, encompassing three major Languages of Africa African languages families the Afroasiatic , Nilo Saharan , and the Niger Congo languages Niger Congo A branch of the Niger ... of the current language families. Language families Niger Congo languages Niger Congo predominates ... Fulbe diaspora. The Ijoid languages are spoken across the Niger Delta and include Ijoid languages j ..., in the extreme Northwest. The Adamawa Ubangian languages are spoken between central Nigeria and the Central African Republic. Their westernmost representatives in Nigeria are the Tula Waja languages ... more details
language Nancere P v Tobanga Tumak Ethnologue lists 54 Chadiclanguages in Chad altogether, many of them small. Creole languages Babalia Creole Arabic Sango language Sango Unclassified languages Laal ...Culture of Chad Chad has two official languages, French language French and literary Arabic language Arabic , and over 120 indigenous languages. A vernacular version of Arabic, Chadian Arabic , is the lingua franca . Chadian Sign Language is actually Nigerian Sign Language , a dialect of American Sign Language Andrew Foster educator Andrew Foster introduced ASL in the 1960s, and Chadian teachers for the deaf train in Nigeria. Niger Congo languages Adamawa languages Goundo language Goundo Kim language Kim 15,354, RGPH 1993 Moundang language Moundang 160,000, RGPH 1993 Toupouri language Toupouri 90,785, RGPH, 1993 Bua languages Bua language Bua , Niellim language Niellim , Gula Iro language Gula Iro , etc. total 30,000 Nilo Saharan languages Maban languages Maba language Maba 120,000, SIL 1991 Massalit language Massalit 50,857, RGPH 1993 Karanga language Karanga Kendeje language Kendeje Marfa language Marfa Massalat language Massalat Surbakhal language Surbakhal Kibet language Kibet Runga language Runga Fur languages Mimi language Mimi Amdang language Amdang 5,000, Bender 1983 Saharan languages Teda language Tedaga Dazaga language Dazaga Kanembu language Kanembu Zaghawa language Zaghawa Bongo Bagirmi languages Central Sudanic Bernde language Bernde Bagirmi language Bagirmi Berakou language ... Eastern Sudanic languages Tama language Tama 63,000 Sungor language Sungor 38,000 Mararit language Mararit 43,000 Daju lanuages Daju Afro Asiatic languages Semitic languages Chadian Spoken Arabic Chadiclanguages Bidiyo Buduma Dangal at Gabri Herd Kabalai Kera Kimr Kwang Lele Marba language Marba ... page on Languages of Chad http www.panafril10n.org wikidoc pmwiki.php PanAfrLoc Chad PanAfrican L10n page on Chad Africa in topic Languages of Category Languages of Chad lang stub Chad stub bn ... more details
method comparison of related languages . class wikitable Proto Afroasiatic Omotic Cushitic Chadic ... d m blood West Chadiclanguages West Chadic i dm i red linen dm blood idammen ts brother itsim brother ... Proto Afroasiatic language Proto Afroasiatic child1 Semitic languages Semitic child2 Berber languages Berber child4 Egyptian language Egyptian extinct child5 ChadiclanguagesChadic child6 Cushitic languages Cushitic child7 Omotic languages Omotic inclusion debated ref name Sands2009 Sands, Bonny ... family language families of the world, and includes about 375 living languages. ref name ethnologue.com http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 52 16 Ethnologue family tree for Afroasiatic languages ref Afroasiatic languages are spoken predominantly in the Middle East , North Africa , the Horn .... ref http books.google.com books?id PxJrB OKn04C&printsec frontcover PPA27,M1 Languages of the World ref Berber languages Berber languages are spoken in Morocco , Algeria , Libya and across the rest ... languages are Amharic language Amharic , the national language of Ethiopia , with 18 million ... million speakers. ref name ethnologue.com In addition to languages spoken today, Afroasiatic includes several ancient languages, such as Egyptian language Ancient Egyptian , Akkadian language Akkadian ... first Edward title Semitic Languages Outline of a Comparative Grammar year 2001 publisher Peeters ... cite book last Lipi ski first Edward title Semitic Languages Outline of a Comparative Grammar ... distribution of the phylum s constituent languages. ref name NEB The term Hamito Semitic ... language family is usually considered to include the following branches Berber languages Berber ChadiclanguagesChadic Cushitic languages Cushitic Egyptian language Egyptian Omotic languages Omotic Semitic languages Semitic While there is general agreement on these six families, there are some ... which most linguists have given greatest weight in classifying languages in the family are either absent ... more details
Depending on how they are counted, Niger has between 8 and 20 indigenous languages. The discrepancy comes from the fact that several are closely related, and can be grouped together or considered apart. French language French , inherited from the colonial period, is the official language . It is spoken mainly as a second language by people who have received an education. Although educated Nigeriens still constitute a relatively small percentage of the population, the French language is the language used by the official administration courts, government, etc. , the media and the business community. See also African French . The usual categorization of languages of Niger mentions eight national language s. These, their language families, the approximate percentage of the population that speak them, and their approximate home regions are as follows class wikitable class sortable border 1 Language Family Approx Main region Hausa language Hausa Afro Asiatic Chadic 49.6 South, central Songhay languages Zarma & Songhai Nilo Saharan 25.5 Southwest Tuareg languages Tamajeq Afro Asiatic Berber languages Berber 08.4 North Fula language Fulfulde Niger Congo Atlantic languages Atlantic 08.3 All Kanuri language Kanuri Nilo Saharan 04.8 Southeast Arabic language Colloquial Arabic Afro Asiatic Semitic 01.2 North Gurma Niger Congo Gur 00.? Southwest corner Toubou Nilo Saharan 00.? East References Reflist http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name NE Ethnologue report on Languages of Niger http www.panafril10n.org wikidoc pmwiki.php PanAfrLoc Niger PanAfriL10n page on Niger fr http www.tlfq.ulaval.ca axl afrique niger.htm Linguistic situation in Niger Africa in topic Languages of Category Languages of Niger language stub Niger stub de Sprachen Nigers fr Langues du Niger ... more details
Languages of country Cameroon official French Language French , English language English national 55 Afro Asiatic languages , two Nilo Saharan languages , and 173 Niger Congo languages extralabel Lingua franca s extra African French French , English language English , Camfranglais , Cameroonian Pidgin English Culture of Cameroon File Francophonie au Cameroun en 2005 selon l OIF.png thumb right 300px Knowledge of French in Cameroon in 2005, according to the Francophonie OIF . ref http 20mars.francophonie.org IMG pdf FICHE 03 Nombre de francophones.pdf ref In 2005 18 of the population were real French ... s indigenous language s Cameroon is home to 230 languages . These include 55 Afro Asiatic languages , two Nilo Saharan languages , 4 Ubangian languages , and 169 Niger Congo languages . This latter group is divided into one Senegambian languages Senegambian language Fulfulde , 28 Adamawa languages , and 142 Benue Congo languages 130 of which are Bantu languages . ref Neba 65. ref English language English and French language French are official languages, a heritage of Cameroon s colonialism ... schools in an effort to teach both languages more evenly. ref DeLancey and DeLancey 51. ref Cameroon ... literature, radio, or television programming in native Cameroonian languages. Nevertheless, a large number of Cameroonian languages have alphabets or other writing systems, many developed by the Christian ... materials. The General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages was developed in the late 1970s as an orthographic system for all Cameroonian languages. Sultan Ibrahim Njoya developed the Bamum script ... General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages Francophone Africa Notes reflist References DeLancey, Mark ... Ethnologue page on Languages of Cameroon http www.panafril10n.org wikidoc pmwiki.php PanAfrLoc Cameroon ... dans le monde Cam roun Afro Asiatic speaking Chadic speaking Niger Congo speaking Africa in topic Languages of DEFAULTSORT Languages Of Cameroon Category Languages of Cameroon Cameroon stub language ... more details
child1 North Omotic languages North Omotic Kaffa child2 South Omotic languages South Omotic Arii child3 ? Mao languages Mao iso5 omv map Omotic languages german.svg mapcaption The Omotic languages ... Gonga Kefoid Col 2 small Gimojan languages small legend D38D5F Yemsa legend FF8080 Bench Gimira legend FF6600 Chara legend FFAAAA Ometo Col end small Neighboring languages small br Col begin Col 2 legend FFC095 Nilo Saharan Col 2 legend E9C6AF Afro Asiatic Col end The Omotic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic ... Omotic languages, the Roman alphabet for some others. They are fairly agglutinative , ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics ... languages North and South Omotic languages South Omotic branches Nomotic and Somotic are universally recognized. The primary debate is over the placement of the Mao languages . Lionel Bender linguist Bender 2000 classifies Omotic languages as follows South Omotic languages South Omotic Aroid Hamer Banna ... languages North Omotic Non Aroid Mao languages Mao Bambassi language Bambassi West Mao Hozo language Hozo , Seze language Seze , Ganza language Ganza Dizoid languages Dizoid Dizi language Dizi , Sheko language Sheko , Nayi language Nayi Gonga Gimojan languages Gonga Gimojan Gonga languages Gonga Kefoid ... Shekkacho Gimojan languages Gimojan Yemsa language Yemsa Ometo Gimira languages Ometo Gimira Bench language Bench Chara language Chara Ometo languages Apart from terminology, this differs from Harold C. Fleming Fleming 1976 in including the Mao languages, whose affiliation had originally been controversial ... languages as a third branch of Omotic, and breaks up Ometo Gimira South Omotic languages South Omotic Mao languages Mao North Omotic languages North Omotic Dizoid languages Dizoid Ta Ne languages Gonga languages Gonga Gimojan languages Gimojan Yemsa language Yemsa Bench language Bench Ometo Chara languages ... Language Afroasiatic General AALIST.pdf The Afro Asiatic Languages Classification and Reference ... more details
, Semitic languages , Chadiclanguages and the Cushitic languages . The Afro Asiatic Urheimat is uncertain ... arrival from West Asia , Berber languages Berber Berber , Hausa language Hausa Chadic , Amharic ... in Africa ref cite book title African Languages an Introduction editor last Heine editor first Bernd ... Africa is incredibly rich in language&mdash over 3,000 indigenous languages by some counts, and many ... PR9 accessdate 2011 06 23 ref in several major language family language families Afroasiatic languages ... , and parts of the Sahel Nilo Saharan languages Nilo Saharan is centered on Sudan and Chad disputed validity Niger Congo languages Niger Congo Bantu covers West Africa West , Central Africa Central , and East Africa Southeast Africa Khoe languages Khoe is concentrated in the deserts of Namibia and Botswana Austronesian languages Austronesian on Madagascar . Indo European languages Indo European ... as obscure languages that have yet to be classified. In addition, Africa has a wide variety of sign language s, many of which are language isolates. Several African languages are whistled language whistled or talking drum drummed to communicate over long distances. About a hundred of the languages of Africa are widely used for inter ethnic communication. Arabic language Arabic , Berber languages ... by tens of millions of people. If dialect cluster clusters of up to a hundred similar languages are counted ... diversity of many African countries Nigeria alone has over 500 languages, ref cite web url http ... Languages of the World ref one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world ... developed nowadays are mostly aimed at multilingualism . For example, all African languages are considered languages of the African Union official languages of the African Union AU . 2006 was declared by the African Union as the Year of African Languages . ref http www.sarpn.org.za documents d0001850 ... languages are used on the radio, in newspapers, and in primary school education, and some of the larger ... more details
, while ChadiclanguagesChadic , Nilo Hamitic languages Nilo Hamitic , Fulani, and Hottentot language Hottentot had all been controversially proposed as members. He accepted Chadic while changing its ... language Sanye , Ngomvia added 1966 III.E Chadiclanguages Chad III.E.1 III.E.1.a Hausa language Hausa ...Italic title The Languages of Africa is a 1963 book of essays by Joseph Greenberg , in which he sets forth a genetic classification of African languages that, with some changes, continues to be the most ... as against isolated comparisons between pairs of languages. Only linguistic evidence is relevant ... against previous African linguists notably Carl Meinhof Meinhof who had classified languages on linguistic ... Sudanic languages Western Sudanic , but he changed the subclassification, including Fula language ... Bantu languages Bantu as merely a subfamily of Benue Congo previously termed Semi Bantu . Semitic ... linguistics as a result, he renamed the newly reclassified family Afro Asiatic languages Afroasiatic ... Hottentot as a member of the Central Khoisan languages. To Khoisan he also added the much more ... used. Within this, he identified a major subgroup termed Chari Nile languages Chari Nile , containing ... Sudanic on a firmer foundation. Finally, he assigned the non Nilo Saharan languages of the Nuba Hills of Kordofan to a single subfamily Kordofanian languages Kordofanian , which together with Niger ... The book classifies Africa s languages into four stocks not presumed to be related, as follows I. Congo Kordofanian languages Congo Kordofanian I.A Niger Congo languages Niger Congo I.A.1 Atlantic languages West Atlantic I.A.1.a Northern Wolof language Wolof , Serer language Serer Sin , Fula ... language Biafada , Badjara language Badyara Pajade , Jola languages Dyola , Mandjak language Mandyak , Balante, Banyun languages Banyun , Nalu language Nalu , Kobiana language Cobiana , Kasanga language Cassanga , Bijago language Bidyogo . I.A.1.b Southern Temne language Temne , Baga languages ... more details
Chadiclanguages of the Bauchi area. Str mpell 1910 has a wordlist of the Jarawan Bantu ..., while he divides Lame into three languages mentioned as dialects in Ethnologue , does not mention Gwa. Study The Jarawan Bantu languages have always been something of a poor relation to Bantu proper ... language groups. Thomas 1925, 1927 recognised the Bantu affinities of the Nigerian Jarawan Bantu languages ... book on Bantu also exclude it Nurse & Philippson 2003 . Some Jarawan Bantu languages are listed ... of these languages. Since that period, publications have been limited. Kraft 1981 , although principally concerned with Chadic, includes lengthy wordlists of Bankal and Jaku wordlist in a rather ... and Kantana. Blench 2006 likewise classified them as Bantu languages. Ulrich Kleinwillingh fer has ..., L. 1988. A note on verbal extensions in Jarawan Bantu. Journal of West African Languages, XVIII,2 3 8. Gowers, W.F. 1907. 42 vocabularies of languages spoken in Bauchi Province, N. Nigeria. ms. National ..., I. and K. Williamson 1975. Jarawan Bantu. African Languages, 1 125 163. Meek, C.K. 1925. The Northern ... von B. Struck. Zeitschrift f r Ethnologie. XLII 444 488. Thomas, N.W. 1925 The Languages ..., K. 1971 The Benue Congo languages and Ijo. In Current Trends in Linguistics, 7 pp. 245 306 ed ... West African Linguistic Society. Category Jarawan languages nc lang stub de Jarawoid Sprachen hr ... more details
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Siberian languages may refer to any languages spoken in Siberia, including the Eskimo Aleut languages spoken in Siberia the Mongolic languages spoken in Siberia the Paleosiberian languages the Siberian Turkic languages the Russian dialects spoken in Siberia the Tungusic languages spoken in Siberia the Uralic languages spoken in Siberia disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Many languages are indigenous to Oceania they belong to several families. The Austronesian languages Austronesian family is the most common, found throughout many Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Australia is home to many diverse families of Languages of Australia indigenous languages Pama Nyungan languages Gunwinyguan languages Macro Pama Nyungan languages Southwest Pama Nyungan languages Bunaban languages 2 languages in two branches Daly languages 11 19 languages in four branches, including Murrinh Patha language Murrinh Patha Limilngan languages 2 languages, extinct? Djeragan languages 3 5 languages in two branches Nyulnyulan languages 4 8 languages in one branch Wororan languages 7 12 languages in three branches Indo Pacific languages Andaman languagesLanguages of Papua New Guinea Tasmanian languages Also, the languages of European settlers and colonial powers are common in the region, such as English in Australia and New Zealand , Spanish language Spanish in Easter Island , and French in New Caledonia , etc. There are also creole language creoles formed from the interaction of the European and indigenous languages, such as Tok Pisin , Hawaiian Pidgin , Norfuk and Pitkern . See also List of extinct languages of Oceania Navboxes list Languages of Oceania Countries and languages lists DEFAULTSORT Languages Of Oceania Category Languages of Oceania Au lang stub bn ru ... more details
ChadiclanguagesChadic only. ref PIE mi ref A Cushitic languages Cushitic verb suffix. ref ... Borean languages Borean ? child1 Indo European languages Indo European child2 Uralic languages Uralic child3 Altaic languages Altaic child4 Kartvelian languages Kartvelian child5 Afroasiatic languages Afroasiatic usually included child6 Dravidian languages Dravidian usually included child7 Elamite ... language Nivkh sometimes included child10 Yukaghir languages Yukaghir not always considered child11 Chukotko Kamchatkan languages Chukotko Kamchatkan not always considered child12 Eskimo Aleut languages Eskimo Aleut not always considered child13 Amerind languages Amerind rarely included Image Nostratic ... European languages Indo European , Uralic languages Uralic and Altaic languages Altaic as well as Kartvelian languages Kartvelian languages. Usually also included are the Afroasiatic languages native to Northern Africa , Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula , and the Dravidian languages of the Indian ... Baldi 2002 18 . ref Merritt Ruhlen endorses Eurasiatic languages Eurasiatic , a similar but not identical ... languages to other language families, such as Finno Ugric languages Finno Ugric and Altaic languages ... European , Finno Ugric languages Finno Ugric , Samoyedic languages Samoyed , Turkish language Turkish , Mongolian language Mongolian , Manchu language Manchu , Yukaghir languages Yukaghir , Eskimo Aleut languages Eskimo , Semitic languages Semitic , and Afroasiatic languages Hamitic languages, with the door ... it to the languages of yellow races . ref Sweet 1900 , The History of Language , cit in Ruhlen ... for all the world s languages, widely reviled at the time ref Cf. Trombetti s defense against his critics .... In Trombetti s time, a widely held view on classifying languages was that similarity in inflections ... had taken hold that the comparative method previously used as a means of studying languages .... His merit is not to have discovered the kinship of Sanskrit with other European languages, but to have ... more details
Infobox language family name Awan region Colombia and Ecuador familycolor American fam1 Barbacoan languages Barbacoan sil 904 16 The Awan languages are Barbacoan languages that include the Awa Pit language and the Pasto languages spoken in Ecuador and Colombia . Pasto is extinct. DEFAULTSORT Awan Languages Category Awan languages Category Languages of Ecuador Category Barbacoan languages Category Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas Na lang stub es Lenguas ahuanas mk ... more details
Infobox language family name Bel region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz child1 Astrolabe languages child2 Nuclear Bel languages sil 2324 16 The eight Bel languages form a group of Austronesian languages of northern Papua New Guinea . Components Astrolabe languages Nuclear Bel languages DEFAULTSORT Bel Languages Category Western Oceanic languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Au lang stub ... more details
The languages of the Bomberai Peninsula of Indonesian New Guinea fall into several groups West Bomberai languages Papuan, west and south Irarutu language Austronesian, most of the interior North Bomberai languages Austronesian, off the coast Bedoanas Erokwanas languages minor Austronesian languages labeled Bomberai in Ethnologue dab ... more details
Infobox language family name Astrolabe region Madang Province , Papua New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz fam7 Bel languages Bel sil 2325 16 The three Astrolabe languages form a small group of Austronesian languages of Madang Province , Papua New Guinea Awad Bing language Awad Bing , Mindiri language Mindiri , Wab language Wab DEFAULTSORT Astrolabe Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Western Oceanic languages Au lang stub hr Astrolabski jezici ... more details
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