language info

1.  From the pull-down menu “choose a language”, choose a LANGUAGE which shares the same letter as the first letter in your FIRST NAME.  For example “Mike” chooses Macedonian.

Zulu (write name of LANGUAGE here)

READ THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH ABOUT YOUR CHOSEN LANGUAGE

2.  What language FAMILY does your language belong to? 
     Niger-Congo
3.  What language BRANCH does your language belong to (if applicable)?
     Benue-Congo
·        (IF NOT APPLICABLE, PLEASE WRITE N/A IN THE BLANK)

Drop down to the “Status” bar

4.  In what countries is your language primarily spoken? (List the THREE most populous)
            Country                                         Number of People Who Speak the Language in        the Country


 Swaziland
76,000

 Malawi 
68,000
Lesotho

248,000

 5.  Approximately how many dialects of your language are mentioned?
 2- Lala and Qwabe


6.  Writing.  Does your language have a literary (written) tradition?  If so, how far back (date) does the literary tradition date?
Roman-based orthography which was developed by Christian missionaries in the 19th century

IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, CLICK ON THE HYPERLINK OF NAME OF THE FAMILY THAT YOUR LANGUAGE BELONGS TO.

7.  Name of FAMILY: Niger-Congo


8.  Approximately how many languages belong to your language FAMILY 1,514 , and/or

how many people speak (9.5 million) a language belonging to your language FAMILY?


9.  List as many GROUPS as you can that are within your language FAMILY:
  • Benue-Congo
  • Atlantic
  • Mande
  • Gur
  • Kwa
  • Ijoid
  • Kru
  • Adamawa- Ubangi
  • Creoles


10.  List the THREE largest languages (most people who speak it), each languages’ group, where the language is primarily spoken, and approximately how many people speak those languages:

            GROUP                                     LANGUAGE         WHERE SPOKEN (primarily)              # OF SPEAKERS

 Buene-Congo

773 million
Swahili
Tanzania


Atlantic 
12 million
Fula
  Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Benin, Guinea, Senegal

 Mande

2.9 million
Pular
Guinea 

NOW RETURN TO YOUR LANGUAGES HOME PAGE AND RETURN TO THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, CLICK ON THE HYPERLINK OF NAME OF THE BRANCH THAT YOUR LANGUAGE BELONGS TO:

11:  Name of BRANCH:  Benue-Congo


12.  Approximately how many languages belong to your language BRANCH, 961 languages, and/or

how many people speak, about 500 million, a language belonging to your language BRANCH?

13.  How many GROUPS is your BRANCH broken into? 29 List each individual language group below.
 Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo, Shona, Zulu, Nyanja, Kinyarwan da (Rwanda), Xhosa, Luba-Kasai, Gikuyu (Kikuyu), Southern Sotho, Rundi (Kirundi), Tswana, Umbundu, Northern Sotho, Tsonga, Ganda (Luganda), Lingala, Mbundu, Kamba, Tiv, Ibibio, Swati (Swazi), Ndebele, Soga, umbuka, Nyamwezi, Koongo, and Chokwe.


GO TO THE PULL DOWN MENU AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, AND GO TO “CHOOSE A LANGUAGE RELATED TOPIC” and pull up the topic:  “Critical Languages”

14.  What is a critical language?
A critical language is one less commonly taught;  the demand for proficient speakers exceeds supply.


15.  List FIVE less commonly taught languages.
  1. Albanian
  2. Polish
  3. Hebrew
  4. Hindi
  5. Czech

GO TO THE PULL DOWN MENU AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, AND GO TO “CHOOSE A LANGUAGE RELATED TOPIC” and pull up the topic:  “Endangered Languages”


16.  What is an endangered language?  How many are there?
 Languages that are on the brink of extinction. 
 About 3,456

17.  What is a nearly extinct language?  How many are there?
2,500  
A language that is spoken by only a few elderly native speakers is Chamicuro

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