Image: Africa ethnic groups 1996

Description: Ethnolinguistic groups of Africa, 1996 publication by the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. From the map legend: 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)   Chadic (Hausa) 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)
Title: Africa ethnic groups 1996
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Author: United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
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