Comments on: Top 10 Most Popular African Languages

By: K Venzke

K Venzke — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 18:07:14 +0000

In reply to Alex Sombigwe. Yes, the article should not say a Bantu language "originated" from a non-Bantu language, it makes no sense. And the large majority of Swahili words are of Bantu origin, not Arabic or another language.

By: Alex Sombigwe

Alex Sombigwe — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:40:07 +0000

Just a note from a linguist, the phrase in the Swahili entry may be somewhat misleading: ''Swahili apparently originated from other languages like Arabic.'' While it is true that Swahili borrowed substantially from Arabic, it did not ''originate'' from it, familially.

By: Deon

Deon — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 13:24:33 +0000

In reply to Chell.

Lol! Indeed my sister.
I am still cracking at some of the comments. The bias is just so obvious, and annoying too. The blogger said it from the onset that it is in no apparent order, yet we want order.
Interesting Irony…the only time Africans want order is when we are competing amongst ourselves.
Anyway, while we are still on biases, I also felt left out seeing that he left out our beloved pidgin (spoken in Nigeria (all of Nigeria I suspect), Cameroon (some parts), Ghana (some parts), Siera Leone, and Liberia too). Though copied largely from English, it remains a beautiful African-created language too afterall. Yes, admin?

By: Lafayette Harris, Jr.

Lafayette Harris, Jr. — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:24:55 +0000

Awesome info. Thank you so much.
Please make corrections at #10:
Portuguese is actually the working languages of the African Union and the Southern African Development Community. (Do you mean to say “one of the working languages “? Or “the working language of..”)

Also at #11:
Apart from these, French is also spoken by _ in North African countries including Algeria… (seems like you left something out there.)

But it is so amazing this info. I will add a link to my blog called “Intelligence” when I finish it.
http://www.lafayetteharrisjr.com

By: Desmond R. Herron.

Desmond R. Herron. — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 18:37:37 +0000

In reply to Richard Onuh. The Jamaican dialect is influenced by languages from Ghana as well. The Caribbean is a potpourri of West African languages.

By: Othman

Othman — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:34:35 +0000

Thank you for your good and wonderfull work,
for my opinion I suggest we Africans must support one language instaed of grab others language.
and if you ask me which one Defenetly it will be swahili.

By: Elise Peterson

Elise Peterson — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 01:41:41 +0000

It was interesting! 🙂

By: PETERS

PETERS — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:39:52 +0000

In reply to admin. Thank you for your response to to such a manner less person. this is how he's representing his tribe

By: Osman

Osman — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 06:49:05 +0000

In reply to Iman. Afaan Somali is spoken in Somalia, djabuti parts of Ethiopia and parts of Kenya and its used by over 45 million somalis in these different countries and yet you didn’t include in your post

By: Tafsiir Jalloh

Tafsiir Jalloh — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 20:59:43 +0000

In reply to Hassan Abubakar Dutsin-ma. You failed to include the Fulani language Fulfulde which have over 40 million speakers throughout western and central Africa..!