List of extinct languages of Africa

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This is a list of extinct languages of Africa, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant.

Contents 1 Angola 2 Cameroon 3 Chad 4 Côte d'Ivoire 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6 Egypt 7 Eritrea 8 Ethiopia 9 Guinea 10 Kenya 11 Nigeria 12 South Africa 13 Sudan 14 Tanzania 15 Tunisia 16 Uganda

[edit] Angola

• Kwadi

The omotik language was discovered in the early 1970s

[edit] Cameroon

• Duli
• Gey
• Nagumi
• Yeni

[edit] Chad

• Horo
• Muskum

[edit] Côte d'Ivoire

• Esuma

[edit] Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Ngbee

[edit] Egypt

• Ancient Egyptian
• Ancient Nubian
• Coptic

[edit] Eritrea

• Geez

[edit] Ethiopia

• Gafat
• Geez (see Eritrea, above)
• Weyto

[edit] Guinea

• Baga Kaloum (see Baga languages)
• Baga Sobané

[edit] Kenya

• Elmolo
• Kore
• Omotik

[edit] Nigeria

• Ajawa
• Auyokawa
• Basa-Gumna
• Gamo-Ningi
• Kpati
• Kubi
• Mawa
• Teshenawa

[edit] South Africa

• //Xegwi
• /Xam
• Seroa

[edit] Sudan

• Ancient Nubian
• Baygo
• Berti
• Birked
• Gule
• Homa
• Mittu
• Togoyo
• Torona

[edit] Tanzania

• Kw'adza

[edit] Tunisia

• Mediterranean Lingua Franca
• Punic
• Sened
• Vandalic

[edit] Uganda

• Nyang'i
• Singa