Language families spoken in Africa
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The indigenous languages of Africa are divided into 6 major language families: Afroasiatic, Nilo Saharan, Niger-Congo A, Niger-Congo B (Bantu), Khoisan, Austronesian
After European colonization in Africa, another group of languages appeared – Indo-European.

The total number of languages natively spoken in Africa is 2,200.