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List of 159 "African community languages"
This list of "community languages" is copied (via a scan) from: UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa. 1985. African community languages and their use in literacy? and education : a regional survey. Dakar : UNESCO.* The table below is adapted from Appendix I of the report (pp. 79-81). Links have been added to relevant sections of this wiki. (See also notes at bottom of page.)
Appendix I - Alphabetical list of African community languages
| Language | Country |
1. | Abua | Nigeria |
2. | Adja | Benin |
3. | Aizo | Benin |
4. | Akan | Ghana |
5. | Ambo | Namibia |
6. | Ahmaric/Amharigna | Ethiopia |
| Amharigna - See Amharic |
7. | Anaang | Nigeria |
8. | Angas | Nigeria |
| Annabones - See Crioulo |
9. | Ateso | Uganda |
10. | Bambara | Mali |
11. | Banjun/Gomala | Cameroon |
12. | Baoule | Ivory Coast |
| Bali - See Mungaka |
13. | Bari | Sudan |
14. | Bariba | Benin |
15. | Barma | Chad |
16. | Basaa | Cameroon |
17. | Bassa | Liberia |
18. | Beja | Sudan |
19. | Belle | Liberia |
20. | Bemba | Zambia |
21. | Beroun | Nigeria |
22. | Bete | Ivory Coast |
23. | Bhojpuri/Hindi | Mauritius |
24. | Bura | Nigeria |
| Cap-verdien - See Crioulo |
25. | Chamba-Daka | Nigeria |
26. | Chichewa | Malawi |
27. | Chokwe | Angola |
28. | Ciluba | Zaire |
29. | Cisena-Cipodzo | Mozambique |
30. | Comorien/Ngazija | Comoro Islands |
31. | Creole/Fernandino/Krio/Pidgin | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone |
32. | Crioulo/Annobones Cap-verdien/Guinense Saotomense/Principense | Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sao Tome/Principe? |
33. | Dagaare | Ghana |
34. | Dagbani | Ghana |
35. | Dangme | Ghana |
| Dendi - See Songhay |
36. | Dinka | Sudan |
37. | Dogon | Mali |
38. | Douala | Cameroon |
39. | Duka | Nigeria |
40. | Dyula/Jula | Ivory Coast, Upper Volta |
41. | Ebira | Nigeria |
42. | Edo | Nigeria |
43. | Efik | Nigeria |
44. | Ekpoye | Nigeria |
45. | Esan | Nigeria |
46. | Ewe | Ghana, Togo |
47. | Ewondo | Cameroon |
48. | Fang | Equatorial Guinea, Gabon |
49. | Fefe | Cameroon |
| Ferdinandino - See Creole |
50. | Fiyote | Angola |
51. | Fon | Benin |
| Fula - See Fulfulde |
52. | Fulfulde/Fula/Peul Pular/Pulaar | Benin, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Upper Volta, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal |
53. | Ga | Ghana |
| Gomala - See Banjun |
54. | Gonja | Ghana |
| Gourmanche - See Gulimancema |
55. | Gun | Benin |
56. | Gurenne | Ghana |
57. | Gulimancema/Gourmanche | Upper Volta |
58. | Gwari | Nigeria |
59. | Hausa | Ghana, Niger, Nigeria |
60. | Hassaniya | Mauritania |
61. | Herero | Namibia |
| Hindi - See Bhojpuri |
62. | Ibibio | Nigeria |
63. | Idoma | Nigeria |
64. | Igala | Nigeria |
65. | Igbo | Nigeria |
66. | Igede | Nigeria |
67. | Ijo | Nigeria |
68. | Imakua - Ilomwe | Mozambique |
69. | Isoko | Nigeria |
70. | Jola/Joola | Senegal |
| Jula - See Dyula |
71. | Kabye | Togo |
72. | Kalabari | Nigeria |
73. | Kalenjin | Kenya |
74. | Kamuku | Nigeria |
75. | Kamwe | Nigeria |
76. | Kanuri | Niger, Nigeria |
77. | Kaonde | Zambia |
78. | Kasem | Ghana |
79. | Kikamba | Kenya |
80. | Kikongo/Munukutuba | Angola, Congo, Zaire |
81. | Kikuyu | Kenya |
82. | Kimbundu | Angola |
83. | Kinyarwanda | Rwanda |
84. | Kirundi | Burundi |
85. | Kisi | Guinea |
86. | Kiswahili | Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire |
87. | Konkomba | Ghana |
88. | Kpelle | Guinea, Liberia |
89. | Krahn | Liberia |
90. | Kreol/Mauricien/ Seychellois | Mauritius, Seychelles |
| Krio - See Creole |
91. | Kusaal | Ghana |
92. | Kwangali | Namibia |
93. | Kwanyama | Angola |
94. | Lela | Nigeria |
95. | Limba | Sierra Leone |
96. | Lingala | Congo, Zaire |
97. | Loma | Guinea |
98. | Lozi | Namibia, Zambia |
99. | Luganda | Uganda |
100. | Lugbara | Uganda |
101. | Luluyia | Kenya |
102. | Lunda | Zambia |
103. | Luo | Kenya, Uganda |
104. | Luvale | Zambia |
| Mandingue – See Mandinka |
105. | Mahi | Benin |
106. | Maka | Cameroon |
107. | Malgache | Madagascar |
| Malinke - See Mandinka |
| Mandingo - See Mandinka |
108. | Mandinka/Madingue Malinke/Mandingo Maninka | Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Senegal |
| Maninka - See Mandinka |
| Mauricien - See Kreol |
109. | Mende | Sierra Leone |
110. | Moore | Upper Volta |
111. | Moru | Sudan |
112. | Mumuye | Nigeria |
113. | Mungaka/Bali | Cameroon |
| Munukutuba - See Kikongo |
114. | Nama | Namibia |
115. | Ndebele | Zimbabwe |
116. | Ngangela | Angola |
117. | Nuer | Sudan |
118. | Nupe | Nigeria |
119. | Nyanja | Zambia |
120. | Nzema | Ghana |
| Oromigna - See Oromo |
121. | Oromo/Oromigna | Ethiopia |
122. | Otetela | Zaire |
| Peul - See Fulfulde |
| Pidgin - See Creole |
| Principense – See Crioulo |
| Pulaar - See Fulfulde |
| Pular - See Fulfulde |
123. | Reshe | Nigeria |
| Ruchiga - See Runyankore |
124. | Runyankore/Ruchiga | Uganda |
125. | Runyoro/Rutoro | Uganda |
| Rutoro - See Runyoro |
126. | Sahoue | Benin |
| Saotomense - See Crioulo |
127. | Sango | C.A.R. |
128. | Sara | Chad |
129. | Senufo | Ivory Coast |
130. | Seereer | Senegal |
131. | Sesotho | Lesotho |
132. | Setswana | Botswana, Namibia |
| Seychellois – See Kreol |
133. | Shitsonga | Mozambique |
134. | Shona | Mozambique, Zimbabwe |
135. | Sisala | Ghana |
136. | Siswati | Swaziland |
137. | Somali | Somalia |
138. | Somba | Benin |
139. | Songhay/Dendi/Zarma | Benin, Mali, Niger, Nigeria |
140. | Soninke | Mali, Mauritania, Senegal |
141. | Susu | Guinea |
| Tamajaq – See Tamashek |
142. | Tamashek/Tamajaq | Mali, Niger |
143. | Temne | Sierra Leone |
144. | Tigre? | Ethiopia |
145. | Tigrigna | Ethiopia |
146. | Tiv | Nigeria |
147. | Tonga | Zambia |
148. | Tori/Torri | Benin |
| Torri - See Tori |
149. | Tourkou | Chad |
150. | Tumbuka | Malawi |
151. | Umbundu | Angola |
152. | Urhobo | Nigeria |
153. | Vai | Liberia |
154. | Wama | Benin |
155. | Wolaitigna | Ethiopia |
156. | Wolof | Gambia, Mauritania, Senegal |
157. | Yerkhee | Nigeria |
158. | Yoruba | Benin, Nigeria |
| Zarma – See Songhay |
159. | Zande | Sudan |
Notes:
- No languages of South Africa were included in the survey.
- North Africa is not included.
- Zaire has again become the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since the date the list was published.
- 144. Tigre & 145. Tigrigna would also be mapped to Eritrea which was not an independent country at the time of the survey.
- 13. Bari, 36. Dinka, 111. Moru, 117. Nuer, & 159. Zande would be mapped to South Sudan which was not an independent country at the time of the survey.
- The full document from which this table was excerpted can be accessed online at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0009/000933/093309eb.pdf
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