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− | [[File:Africa ethnic groups 1996. | + | [[File:Africa ethnic groups 1996.png|thumb|right|upright=1.6|alt=Ethnic groups in Africa|1996 map of the major ethnolinguistic groups of Africa, by the [[Library of Congress]] Geography and Map Division (substantially based on G.P. Murdock, ''Africa, its peoples and their cultural history'', 1959). Colour-coded are 15 major ethnolinguistic super-groups, as follows:<br/> |
'''[[Afroasiatic]]'''<br/> | '''[[Afroasiatic]]'''<br/> | ||
{{legend0|#f1f4a5|[[Hamitic]] ([[Berber_languages|Berber]], [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]) + [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] ([[Ethiopian Semitic languages|Ethiopian]], [[Varieties of Arabic|Arabic]])}}<br/> | {{legend0|#f1f4a5|[[Hamitic]] ([[Berber_languages|Berber]], [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]) + [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] ([[Ethiopian Semitic languages|Ethiopian]], [[Varieties of Arabic|Arabic]])}}<br/> |
Latest revision as of 14:38, 1 December 2019

1996 map of the major ethnolinguistic groups of Africa, by the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division (substantially based on G.P. Murdock, Africa, its peoples and their cultural history, 1959). Colour-coded are 15 major ethnolinguistic super-groups, as follows:
Afroasiatic
Hamitic (Berber, Cushitic) + Semitic (Ethiopian, Arabic)
Hausa (Chadic)
Niger–Congo
Bantu
"Guinean" (Volta-Niger, Kwa, Kru)
"Western Bantoid" (Atlantic)
"Central Bantoid" (Gur, Senufo)
"Eastern Bantoid" (Southern Bantoid)
Mande
Nilo-Saharan (unity debated)
Nilotic
Central Sudanic, Eastern Sudanic (besides Nilotic)
Kanuri
Songhai
other
Khoi-San (unity doubtful; Khoikhoi, San, Sandawe + Hadza)
Malayo-Polynesian (Malagasy)
Indo-European (Afrikaaner)
Afroasiatic
Hamitic (Berber, Cushitic) + Semitic (Ethiopian, Arabic)
Hausa (Chadic)
Niger–Congo
Bantu
"Guinean" (Volta-Niger, Kwa, Kru)
"Western Bantoid" (Atlantic)
"Central Bantoid" (Gur, Senufo)
"Eastern Bantoid" (Southern Bantoid)
Mande
Nilo-Saharan (unity debated)
Nilotic
Central Sudanic, Eastern Sudanic (besides Nilotic)
Kanuri
Songhai
other
Khoi-San (unity doubtful; Khoikhoi, San, Sandawe + Hadza)
Malayo-Polynesian (Malagasy)
Indo-European (Afrikaaner)