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The amazingly diverse languages of Africa. This a continent with a very high linguistic diversity, there are an estimated 2200 African languages.
The indigenous languages of Africa are divided into 6 major language families: Afroasiatic, Nilo Saharan, Niger-Congo A, Niger-Congo B (Bantu), Khoisan, Austronesian.
Map of Africa using ethnically drawn borders
“This map was drawn to a simple grid pattern of half an inch for each degree of latitude and longitude and reduced by 5 percent in reproduction. While this results in some slight distortion in the extreme north and south as compared with an equal-area projection, it has the advantage of facilitating location by coordinates.”
Look at the no. of languages in NE, NC, SE and SS Nigeria.
Hi,
I am a fourth grade teacher and I am wondering if there is a poster of this or a printable version I can use to teach my students.