- Leb Acoli
Uganda (Acholi sub-region) · South Sudan (Eastern Equatoria)
- Qafaraf
Ethiopia · Djibouti · Eritrea
- Afrikaans
South Africa · Namibia · Botswana
- አማርኛ
Ethiopia
- Anywaa
Ethiopia (Gambella) · South Sudan (Pochalla area)
- Bamanankan
Mali · Burkina Faso · Côte d'Ivoire
- Bari
South Sudan (Central Equatoria) · Uganda (small communities)
- Bassa
Liberia · Sierra Leone · Cameroon (Basaa)
- Beja
Sudan · Eritrea · Egypt
- Kibembe
Democratic Republic of the Congo (South Kivu) · Tanzania (refugee communities) · Burundi
- Ekibena
Tanzania
- ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
Morocco · Algeria · Libya
language family or group - ብሊን
Eritrea
- Afaan Boorana
Ethiopia · Kenya
variety - Chimiini
Somalia (Brava/Baraawe) · Kenya · Diaspora communities, including the United Kingdom
dialect - Cameroonian Pidgin
Cameroon (Northwest, Southwest, Littoral and West regions, Douala, Yaoundé) · Diaspora in the UK, Europe and North America
- Chicheŵa
Malawi · Zambia · Mozambique
- Chitumbuka
Malawi · Zambia · Tanzania
- Congolese
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Angola
language family or group - Cushitic languages
Somalia · Ethiopia · Eritrea
language family or group - Dholuo
Kenya · Tanzania
- Thuɔŋjäŋ
South Sudan · Sudan
- Julakan
Côte d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Mali
- Eʋegbe
Ghana (Volta and Oti regions) · Togo · Benin
- Fulfulde
Senegal · Guinea · Mali
- Fur
Sudan (Darfur) · Chad (east)
- Cigogo
Tanzania
- Ekegusii
Kenya
- Hausa
Nigeria · Niger · Ghana
- Oruhaya
Tanzania (Kagera Region)
- Kihehe
Tanzania (Iringa Region)
- Ibibio
Nigeria (Akwa Ibom State) · Nigeria (Cross River State)
- Asụsụ Igbo
Nigeria (south-east)
- Kakwa
South Sudan (Central Equatoria) · Uganda (West Nile) · Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri)
- Kalenjin (Kipsigis, Nandi)
Kenya (Rift Valley) · Uganda (Mount Elgon and Karamoja borders) · Tanzania (Akie/Okiek communities)
language family or group - Kikamba
Kenya (Machakos, Kitui, Makueni) · Tanzania (small communities)
- Xaasongaxango
Mali (Kayes Region) · Senegal
- Kikongo
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kongo Central, Kinshasa) · Republic of the Congo · Angola (Uíge, Zaire, Cabinda)
- Gĩkũyũ
Kenya (Central Kenya and Nairobi)
- Ikinyarwanda
Rwanda · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ikirundi
Burundi · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kikongo ya leta
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, Mai-Ndombe, Kinshasa) · Republic of the Congo (Pointe-Noire, Niari, Bouenza, Kouilou)
- Kpelle
Liberia (Bong, Margibi, Gbarpolu, Lofa) · Guinea (Forest Guinea)
- Krio
Sierra Leone · The Gambia (Aku Krio)
- Kunama
Eritrea (Gash-Barka) · Ethiopia (Tigray border area)
- Lari (Laari)
Republic of the Congo (Pool department, Brazzaville)
- Lingála
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Angola (northern border areas)
- Oluganda
Uganda (Buganda: Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono, Masaka, Mpigi and surrounding districts)
- Lugbarati
Uganda (West Nile) · Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri)
- ɔl Maa
Kenya (southern Rift Valley) · Tanzania (northern regions)
- Chimakonde
Tanzania (Mtwara and Lindi) · Mozambique (Cabo Delgado) · Kenya (small communities)
- Malagasy
Madagascar · Mayotte (France), as Kibushi · Réunion and France (diaspora)
- Maninkakan
Guinea (Upper Guinea) · Mali · Côte d'Ivoire
- Mandinka
The Gambia · Senegal (Casamance) · Guinea-Bissau
- Masalit
Sudan (West Darfur) · Chad (east)
- Mashi
Democratic Republic of the Congo (South Kivu: Bukavu, Kabare, Walungu)
- Kreol Morisien
Mauritius · Rodrigues · Chagossian communities (including the UK)
- Mende
Sierra Leone · Liberia
- Mijikenda (Giriama)
Kenya (coast) · Tanzania (Tanga Region)
language family or group - Mina
Togo (Lomé, Aného, Maritime Region) · Benin (Mono) · Cameroon (Far North Region, for Mina/Hina)
- Nara
Eritrea (Gash-Barka)
- Naijá
Nigeria · Nigerian communities in the UK, Europe, North America and beyond
- Nilo-Saharan languages
South Sudan · Sudan · Chad
language family or group - Orunyankore
Uganda (south-west, former Ankole region)
- isiNdebele
Zimbabwe (Matabeleland, Bulawayo, Midlands) · Botswana (minority) · Diaspora in South Africa and the United Kingdom
- Thok Naath
South Sudan · Ethiopia (Gambela)
- Kinyamwezi
Tanzania (Tabora Region and neighbouring areas)
- Afaan Oromoo
Ethiopia · Kenya · Somalia
- Kɨlaangi
Tanzania (Kondoa District, Dodoma Region)
- Rendille
Kenya (Marsabit County)
- Safwa (Kisafwa)
Tanzania (Mbeya Region)
- Saho
Eritrea · Ethiopia (Tigray)
- Kisambaa
Tanzania (Usambara Mountains, Tanga Region)
- Sebat Bet Gurage
Ethiopia (Gurage Zone)
- Sesotho
Lesotho · South Africa (Free State, Gauteng, North West) · Diaspora in the United Kingdom
- Setswana
Botswana · South Africa (especially North West province) · Namibia
- Dhøg Cøllø
South Sudan (Upper Nile) · Sudan (border areas)
- chiShona
Zimbabwe · Mozambique
- Sidaamu Afoo
Ethiopia (Sidama Region)
- Af-Soomaali
Somalia · Djibouti · Ethiopia (Somali Region)
- Soninke
Mali (Kayes region) · Senegal (Bakel and the upper Senegal river) · Mauritania (Guidimakha)
- isiNdebele
South Africa (Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo)
- Kisukuma
Tanzania
- Kiswahili
Tanzania · Kenya · Uganda
- Temne
Sierra Leone
- ትግሬ
Eritrea · Sudan (eastern)
- ትግርኛ
Eritrea · Ethiopia (Tigray)
- Rutooro
Uganda
- Ng'aturkana
Kenya
- Twi
Ghana · Côte d'Ivoire (border areas)
- Wolaytta
Ethiopia
- Wolof
Senegal · The Gambia · Mauritania
- isiXhosa
South Africa · Zimbabwe · Lesotho
- Ciyawo
Malawi · Mozambique · Tanzania
- Èdè Yorùbá
Nigeria · Benin · Togo
- Beria
Chad · Sudan (Darfur)
- isiZulu
South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho
