African linguistics

African linguistics studies the languages spoken across Africa, the continent with the world's greatest linguistic diversity. It examines thousands of unique languages, exploring their structures, histories, and relationships. These languages include broad language families like Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Khoisan. Researchers investigate how languages influence each other, how they change over time, and their cultural significance. This field helps us understand Africa’s rich history, ways of thinking, and social identities, fostering better communication, preservation of languages, and appreciation of the continent’s linguistic diversity.