Yussuf.net Quiz 45: language families

Questions

  1. Which African language family includes Swahili, Zulu, and Xhosa?
  2. Hausa belongs to which language family?
  3. The Berber languages belong to which major language family?
  4. What language family includes Amharic and Tigrinya?
  5. Which is the largest language family in Africa by number of languages?
  6. Which language family dominates North Africa?
  7. Igbo and Yoruba belong to which sub-group of Niger-Congo?
  8. Somali is part of which language family?
  9. Which African language family includes ancient Egyptian?
  10. What language family is spoken by the San (Bushmen) people?

Answers

  1. Bantu (a branch of Niger-Congo)
  2. Afro-Asiatic
  3. Afro-Asiatic
  4. Semitic (part of Afro-Asiatic)
  5. Niger-Congo
  6. Afro-Asiatic
  7. Volta-Niger
  8. Cushitic (part of Afro-Asiatic)
  9. Afro-Asiatic

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