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

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

Heritage pride in the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro is just one important symbol of a 3,000-plus-word legacy that is still ...

Yoh: A popular South African interjection, which the OED traced to 1855. It comes from two South African languages: Afrikaans ...

Yoh' effortlessly conveys different emotions and was among a number of local terms recently added to the Oxford English ...

"That brings our total to 249 languages, including 60 African languages - more to come." Delivered in a monotone, his statement barely registered among the summit's attendees - an assembly of ...

Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thursday said the report on extinction of some African Languages within a century should be a source of worry to all. He said language was ...

Lottering is part of the inaugural Kultura Festival which celebrates Afrikaans’ centenary as an official language.