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Map showing the distribution of African language families and some major African languages.

This map is one of the maps of the African language families series. Other maps in this series:


Sources include

  • Heine, Bernd & Derek Nurse (eds.) (2000) African languages: an introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Stroomer, Harry (2002) In de schaduw van het Arabisch : over niet-arabische talen en culturen in Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten. Inaugural oration, Leiden University.
  • Webb, Vic and Kembo-Sure (eds.) (1998) African Voices. An introduction to the languages and linguistics of Africa. Cape Town: Oxford University Press Southern Africa.
  • Kohler 1976 Khoi-San map (S.D.C.G. Laboratoire de Carthographie Thématique. PARIS: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.) [1]
  • TITUS
  • SIL-based maps
  • Recoloured by Ulamm 12:53, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


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current06:25, 12 June 2008600×657 (137 KB)Mark Dingemanse (Revert, the new colours are out of balance and hurt the eye)
15:21, 22 October 2007600×657 (22 KB)Ulamm (:Recoloured version of Image:African_language_families.svg :Original by User:Pmx :Recoloured by ~~~~)
15:21, 22 October 2007600×657 (22 KB)Ulamm (:Recoloured version of Image:African_language_families.svg :Original by User:Pmx :Recoloured by ~~~~)
19:54, 17 October 2007600×657 (137 KB)Doodledoo (Reverted to version as of 22:31, 26 December 2004; reason for recolor?)
12:51, 7 October 2007600×657 (22 KB)Ulamm (Map showing the distribution of African language families and some major African languages. This map is one of the maps of the ''African language families'' series. Other maps in this series: * Afro-Asiatic * [[:Image:Nilo-Sah)
22:31, 26 December 2004600×657 (137 KB)Mark Dingemanse (African language families - created by Mark Dingemanse - {{cc-by-2.0}})
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