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Describe the diversity of language in sub-Saharan Africa. Be sure to use specific examples in your paragraph of at least five sentences.​

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More than five hundred separate languages are spoken in Nigeria alone. Three of the six dominant languages in Subsaharan Africa—spoken by at least ten million people or more—are spoken in Nigeria: Hausa, Yoruba, and Ibo. The three remaining major languages of Subsaharan Africa are Swahili, Lingala, and Zulu

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Sub-Saharan Africa is extremely linguistically diverse. More than 1,000 languages are spoken in the region, and few countries have a common language spoken by almost everyone. Bantu languages are the most commonly spoken, but there are more than 300 dialects, including Zulu and Swahili. In southwest Africa, Khoisan languages, or click languages, are spoken. One language, Afrikaans, is a mixture of traditional African languages, Dutch, and English. In addition, many countries include a European language among their official languages.

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