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Top: Science: Social_Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Niger-Kordofanian
The Niger-Kordofanian family of languages is one of several language families spoken in Africa. It has two branches, Niger-Congo and Kordofanian. The Kordofanian languages are spoken primarily in Sudan. Niger-Congo languages are spoken throughout southern and central Africa.Information taken from "African languages," Bartleby.com. http://www.bartleby.com/65/af/Africanlng.html
Also called Matabele, Ndebele is a Bantu language that is considered by some to be a dialect of Zulu, and by others to be an independent language. It is spoken in South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
Shona is a Bantu language and is spoken by an estimated 8 million people in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Wolof is spoken in Gambia, Mauritania, and Senegal. The classification is Niger-Congo family, Western Sudanic subgroup, West Atlantic branch.A century of Christian mission effort has had little impact, and there are only a few Wolof believers. Despite the official language being French, about 80 percent of the Senegalese population speaks Wolof.
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