| Family | L1 | L2 | Language | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic | 197 mil | 21 mil | Arabic | 97%
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| (Indo-European) Romance | 810 k | 140 mil | French | 94%
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| Dutch Creole | 7.2 mil | 10 mil | Afrikaans | 91%
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| (Indo-European) Germanic | 24 mil | 256 mil | English | 91%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic | 21 mil | Somali | 91%
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| (Indo-European) Romance | 18 mil | 24 mil | Portuguese | 90%
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| (Indo-European) Romance | 2.1 mil | Spanish | 88%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 20 mil | 60 mil | Swahili | 87%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 12 mil | 16 mil | Zulu | 83%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Berber | 23 mil | Tamazight | 79%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 8.7 mil | 11 mil | Xhosa | 73%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic | 32 mil | 57 mil | Amharic | 72%
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| (Atlantic-Congo)Volta-Niger | 40 mil | Igbo | 68%
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| (Austronesian)Malayo-Polynesian | 25 mil | Malagasy | 68%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 6.5 mil | 5.0 mil | Kikongo | 66%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Volta-Niger | 50 mil | 5.0 mil | Yoruba | 63%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 5.6 mil | 7.9 mil | Sotho | 58%
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| (Indo-European) Romance | 6.5 k | Italian | 53%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 9.8 mil | Kinyarwanda | 53%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 5.2 mil | 7.7 mil | Tswana | 53%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Chadic | 51 mil | 26 mil | Hausa | 52%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 11 mil | Kirundi | 51%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic | 37 mil | Oromo | 50%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 2.3 mil | 2.4 mil | Swazi | 50%
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| French Creole | 1.1 mil | 200 k | Morisien | 48%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic | 9.8 mil | Tigrinya | 47%
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| French Creole | 73 k | Seychellois Creole | 45%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.2 mil | Comorian | 37%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Senegambian | 5.4 mil | Wolof | 37%
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| Portuguese Creole | 871 k | Cape Verdean Creole | 35%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic | 2.5 mil | Afar | 34%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Senegambian | 25 mil | Fula | 34%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Kwa | 745 k | Ga | 34%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 2.5 mil | Ndebele | 32%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.1 mil | 1.4 mil | Southern Ndebele | 32%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic | 1.0 mil | Tigre | 31%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Kwa | 11 mil | 9.3 mil | Akan | 30%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Volta-Niger | 600 k | Gen | 30%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 7.5 mil | Shona | 30%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 4.7 mil | 9.1 mil | Northern Sotho | 28%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 20 mil | 20 mil | Lingala | 27%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Berber | 500 k | Tamasheq | 27%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 3.7 mil | 3.4 mil | Tsonga | 25%
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| Mande | 1.3 mil | Mandinka | 24%
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| Ngbandi Creole | 620 k | 1.8 mil | Sango | 24%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.0 mil | Chewa | 23%
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| Portuguese Creole | 70 k | Sãotomense | 23%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.3 mil | 1.7 mil | Venda | 22%
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| Mande | 4.1 mil | 10 mil | Bambara | 21%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 6.0 mil | 5.4 mil | Luganda | 18%
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| (Eastern Sudanic) Nilotic | 1.3 mil | Dinka | 17%
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| Mande | 590 k | Bissa | 15%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Kwa | 20 mil | Ewe | 14%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.0 mil | Fang | 14%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 6.3 mil | Luba-Kasai | 14%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Gur | 7.8 mil | Mossi | 14%
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| Khoe-Kwadi | 210 k | Khoekhoe | 13%
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| Portuguese Creole | 319 k | 1.0 mil | Guinea-Bissau Creole | 12%
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| (Eastern Sudanic) Nilotic | 890 k | Nuer | 12%
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| English Creole | 830 k | 7.5 mil | Sierra Leonean Criole | 12%
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| (Eastern Sudanic) Nilotic | 8.8 mil | Southern Luo | 12%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 7.0 mil | Umbundu | 12%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Apkes-Edoid | 2.0 mil | Edo | 11%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Volta-Niger | 2.2 mil | Fon | 11%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 250 k | Herero | 11%
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| (Eastern Sudanic) Nilotic | 80 k | Jur | 11%
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| Saharan | 8.8 mil | Kanuri | 11%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 4.1 mil | Bemba | 10%
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| Saharan | 580 k | Daza / Teda | 10%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.7 mil | Kimbundu | 10%
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| Mande | 5.0 mil | Maninka | 10%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.5 mil | Tonga | 9%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 2.5 mil | Chokwe | 8%
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| Dogon | 450 k | Dogon | 8%
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| Ijoid | 500 k | Ijaw Languages | 8%
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| Kikongo Creole | 5.4 mil | Kituba | 8%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 400 k | Lunda | 8%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 7.4 mil | Makhuwa | 8%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.4 mil | Ovambo | 8%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic | 4.0 mil | Sidamo | 8%
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| Mande | 2.1 mil | Soninke | 8%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Tivoid | 5.0 mil | Tiv | 8%
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| Tuu | 2.5 k | ǃXóõ | 8%
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| Songhay | 4.3 mil | Zarma | 8%
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| Mande | 2.0 mil | 10 mil | Dyula | 7%
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| (Atlantic-Congo)Cross River | 698 k | Efik | 7%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic | 25 k | Harari | 7%
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| Mande | 1.5 mil | Mende | 7%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Volta-Niger | 800 k | 200 k | Nupe | 7%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.6 mil | Sena | 7%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Senegambian | 1.4 mil | Serer | 7%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic | 70 k | Soqotri | 7%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 8.1 mil | Sukuma | 7%
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| Mande | 1.1 mil | Susu | 7%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Zande | 1.7 mil | Zande | 7%
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| (Eastern Sudanic)Nilotic | 750 k | Bari | 6%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Volta-Niger | 700 k | Gbagyi | 6%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.6 mil | Kalanga | 6%
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| Mande | 1.3 mil | Kpelle | 6%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.8 mil | Lomwe | 6%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 725 k | Lozi | 6%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 3.4 mil | Nkore | 6%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Senegambian | 33 k | Noon | 6%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Mel | 2.5 mil | Temne | 6%
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| Koisan | 6.0 k | Tshwa | 6%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bak | 510 k | Balanta | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Gur | 1.0 mil | Bariba | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Gur | 3.2 mil | Dagbani | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Kwa | 1.0 mil | Dangme | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Gur | 900 k | Gourmanché | 5%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic | 3.5 mil | Gurage | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Volta-Niger | 980 k | Idoma | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bak | 410 k | Jola | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Mel | 530 k | Kissi | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 640 k | Luvale | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 1.4 mil | Makonde | 5%
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| (Eastern Sudanic) Surmic | 196 k | Murle | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 430 k | Ngangela | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 3.1 mil | Soga | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Volta-Niger | 2.0 mil | Urhobo | 5%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Omotic | 7.0 mil | 3.0 mil | Wolaytta | 5%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 800 k | Chaga | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Gur | 1.1 mil | Dagaare | 4%
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| (Eastern Sudanic) Nilotic | 88 k | Datooga | 4%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Omotic | 1.1 mil | Gamo | 4%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic | 1.4 mil | Gedeo | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Kwa | 300 k | Gonja | 4%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic | 1.3 mil | Hadiyya | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Volta-Niger | 420 k | Isoko | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Gur | 1.0 mil | Kabiyé | 4%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Omotic | 830 k | Kafa | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 240 k | Kaonde | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 65 k | Kgalagadi | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 152 k | Kwangali | 4%
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| Mande | 420 k | Loma | 4%
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| (Central Sudanic) Moru-Madi | 2.4 mil | Lugbara | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bak | 315 k | Manjak | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 45 k | Myene | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 140 k | Nzebi | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Kwa | 412 k | Nzema | 4%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Semitic | 1.0 mil | Silt'e | 4%
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| (Eastern Sudanic) Nilotic | 2.7 mil | Teso | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Volta-Niger | 550 k | Ukwuani | 4%
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| (Afro-Asiatic) Chadic | 55 k | Yedina | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Gur | 300 k | Yom | 4%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Senegambian | 40 k | Banyum | 3%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Gur | 250 k | Kasena | 3%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bak | 75 k | Mankanya | 3%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 110 k | Mbere | 3%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Bantu | 95 k | Mbukushu | 3%
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| (Atlantic-Congo) Gur | 150 k | Tammari | 3%
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| Songhay | 8.0 k | Tasawaq | 3%
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