That latter study found that sub-Saharan African contained many ... One interesting thing to look at is linguistic diversity, which, according to another data set the map uses, is also enormously ...

For example, the African continent is home ... in different countries. In this map, the shading represents a country’s score on the Linguistic Diversity Index – a measure of the likelihood ...

Whereas Asia leads the statistics with 2,301 languages, Africa follows closely with ... You can click on the map to enlarge it. Linguistic extinction will hit some countries and regions harder ...

The research also located the origin of modern human migration in south-western Africa, near the coastal border of Namibia and Angola. This is based on the widely-accepted theory that the highest ...

classifies as a distinctive cultural density on the linguistic map of the world. However, the central African state inherited two foreign languages from its French and English colonial masters as ...

A growing number of words and expressions from Africa are now infusing the French language, spurred by booming ... than 10 percent of the population. Map shows the African continent, highlighting ...

I want to remind fellow Africans that the threat of language disappearance is extremely high on the continent. Africa is estimated to have 2,140 distinct languages, or one-third of all languages ...