It might be where the language itself originated, but oddly enough, English isn't the official language of the United Kingdom. In fact, the UK has no official language at all. Instead, English only ...

Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is widely spoken throughout East Africa and serves as a lingua franca in several countries including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, and the ...

Africa is a continent rich with language diversity, with around 2,000 languages thought to be in use. All are considered official languages of the African Union. Nigeria alone has over 500 living ...

University of the Free State provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. Sign language is on its way to become the 12th official language in South Africa after parliament recently agreed ...

Africa has a wide population with at least 75 languages having more than one million speakers. These languages are grouped into four: Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Afroasiatic, and Khoisan. The ...

The Kiswahili East African Commission (KAKAMA), an inter-governmental organization that promotes and coordinates the development of Kiswahili, was given the first opportunity to organize events to ...

A TikTok post sparked a debate about which of the 11 official languages could be used if there had to be one. South Africans ...

President Donald Trump was visibly impressed by how well Liberian President Joseph Boakai spoke English, the official language of the West African country, while visiting the White House on July 9 to ...

Zakeera Docrat receives funding from the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Russell H. Kaschula receives funding from the University of the Western Cape and the ...