types:
Sango
a trade language widely used in Chad
Bantoid language,
Bantu
a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
Gur,
Voltaic
a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana
West African
a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa
Mande
a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast
Kwa
a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria
Chichewa
the Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africa
ChiMwini
a Bantu language spoken in southern Somalia
Chishona
a Bantu language that is one of the two major languages of Zimbabwe
Fang
a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
Gikuyu
a Bantu language spoken in western Kenya
Giriama
a Bantu language spoken in the coastal regions of eastern Kenya
Herero
a Banto language spoken by the Herero in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola
Kamba
a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba in Kenya
Kongo
the Bantu language spoken by the Kongo living in the tropical forests of Zaire and Congo and Angola
Luba,
Tshiluba
a Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo
LuGanda
the Bantu language of the Buganda people; spoken in Uganda
Mwera
a Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania
Nguni
a group of southern Bantu languages
Nyamwezi
a Bantu language spoken in central Tanzania
Pokomo
a Bantu language spoken in the Kenyan coastal areas of East Africa
Shona
a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe
Sotho
any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho
Umbundu
a Bantu language spoken in Angola
Swahili
the most widely spoken Bantu languages; the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and widely used as a lingua franca in east and central Africa
Tonga
the language of the Tongan people of south central Africa (Zambia and Rhodesia)
Ful,
Fula,
Fulani,
Peul
a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages
Serer
a West African language closely related to Fula; spoken primarily in Senegal and Gambia
Wolof
the West African language of the Wolof in Senegal; related to Fula
Aku,
Yoruba
a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria
Akan
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast
Ewe
a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin