VitalAfro-Asiatic (Semitic) · Ethiopia
Amharic አማርኛ
Ethiopia's federal working language, written in the ancient Ge'ez script and spoken widely across the highlands.
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VulnerableNiger-Congo (Plateau) · Plateau State, Nigeria
Berom Bèrom
The largest indigenous language of the Jos Plateau, spoken across Barkin Ladi, Riyom, and Jos South.
VitalNiger-Congo (Atlantic) · Sahel, West & Central Africa
Fulfulde
Spoken by Fulani communities across a belt stretching from Senegal to Sudan, with distinct regional dialects.
VitalAfro-Asiatic (Chadic) · Northern Nigeria & Niger
Hausa
One of the most widely spoken languages in Africa, serving as a regional lingua franca across the Sahel.
VitalNiger-Congo (Volta-Niger) · Southeastern Nigeria
Igbo Ìgbò
One of Nigeria’s three largest languages, with tens of millions of speakers across the southeast. UNESCO has flagged erosion in some dialects even as the language remains widely spoken.
VulnerableAfro-Asiatic (Chadic) · Borno State, Nigeria
Kibaku
Spoken across Borno and Adamawa states in northeastern Nigeria. Atilingo’s first field recordings — 14 hours so far — come from Askira Uba.
VitalNiger-Congo (Bantu) · Rwanda
Kinyarwanda Ikinyarwanda
Rwanda's national language, spoken by nearly the entire population and closely related to Kirundi.
VitalNiger-Congo (Bantu) · Congo Basin
Lingala Lingála
Widely spoken along the Congo River and famous as the language of Congolese rumba and soukous music.
VulnerableAfro-Asiatic (Chadic) · Plateau State, Nigeria
Ngas
Also known as Angas, spoken around Pankshin and Kanke in Plateau State.