File:Africa ethnic groups 1996.jpg

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English: Ethnolinguistic groups of Africa, 1996 publication by the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

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NOTE: Principal source: Africa, its peoples and their cultural history, G.P. Murdock, 1959.
Tribal or ethnic names may vary, depending on source
Only large ethnolinguistic areas of intrusiveness are shown
Ethnolinguistic boundaries are generalized
Sparsely populated or uninhabited areas are shown by the absence of color.

Afro-Asiatic

 
Hamitic (Berber, Cushitic) + Semitic (Ethiopian, Arabic)
 
Hausa (Chadic)

Niger Congo

 
Bantu
 
"Guinean" (Volta-Niger, Kru)
 
"Western Bantoid" (Senegambian, Bak)
 
"Central Bantoid" (Gur)
 
"Eastern Bantoid" (Southern Bantoid)
 
Mande

Nilo-Saharan (unity doubtful)

 
Nilotic
 
Central Sudanic+Eastern Sudanic
 
Kanuri
 
Songhai

other

 
Khoi-San (unity doubtful; Khoikhoi, San, Sandawe, Hadza)
 
Malayo-Polynesian (Malagasy)
 
Indo-European (Afrikaaner)
Français : Groupes ethniques d'Afrique en 1996.
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Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Call number G8201.E3 1996 .U5

This map is available from the United States Library of Congress's Geography & Map Division
under the digital ID g8201e.ct001294.
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; incorporates information from Africa, its peoples and their cultural history, G.P. Murdock, 1959.
Author United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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