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Your Ultimate Guide to The Languages of Africa!

Africa is a huge place. Over three times the size of the US, and almost three times the size of Europe with a population of over 1.2 billion, Africa is a diverse place to say the least, with the languages of Africa being equally diverse too. Having hundreds of ethnic groups and minority languages, as well as European languages - the byproduct of colonization from years gone by - the African continent is the most linguistically diverse continent on the planet! So here are the most spoken/important languages spoken on the African continent... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Primary Official Languages Whilst the continent of Africa itself doesn't have any "official" languages, the countries in Africa do. The following are the most frequently o...

15 South African Slang Words You (Might) Want to Use!

As with most other countries, South Africa has its own slang. South African slang has some of the coolest, weirdest and down right confusing slang words of any language I've ever seen! Many South African slang words have their origins in English, others have their origins in Afrikaans, others in Zulu, others in Xhosa, whilst a few have their origins in many other languages. Before you go around using these South African slang words, I feel the need to warn you. If you're white, or have any near European heritage (two generations), you may be told by locals not to use it. For the most part, this is due to racial tensions between the white South Africans and black South Africans. A very minute number of black South Africans will get confrontational if a white person uses the...

15 Weirdest Languages on Earth You Should Learn!

There are currently around 6500 languages spoken in the world. Naturally, some of these are going to be strange, odd and weird. This got me thinking, which are the weirdest languages currently spoken? Sadly, many of these languages are endangered languages, with many having only a handful of speakers. With that being said, there are a few languages which are flourishing in the modern 21st Century world. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Adyghe Chances are that you have never heard of the Adyghe people, nor have you ever heard of their language before today. However, their language is one of the strangest you will likely ever come across! Looking on a map, the Adyghe people reside in South Russia and North Turkey. So surely the language shar...