Top of the pops is Arabic, spoken by some 150 million people across the continent. It’s the liturgical language of Islam and ...

Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally-recognised language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that boast over 200 million users. Over the two millennia of Swahili’s ...

Meanwhile, both Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are home to over 200 languages. In Cameroon, Bulu, Beti ...

It is estimated that French is spoken by over 120 million Africans making it one of the most popular International Languages in Africa. Swahili being the most spoken African language with over 100 ...

African Studies at the University of Helsinki focuses ... features of Eastern and Southern Bantu languages Syntax and pragmatics in Mande languages The Helsinki Corpus of Swahili is accessible by the ...

As the University of South Africa (Unisa) marks International Mother Language Day on Friday, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced plans to introduce Swahili and Mandarin as subjects in the ...