# List of extinct languages of Africa

This is a list of extinct languages of Africa, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant. There are 70 languages listed.

## List

| Language/dialect | Family | Date of extinction | Region | Ethnic group(s) |
| African Romance | Indo-European | 1400s AD | Roman Africa | Romans |
| Ajawa | Afro-Asiatic | 1920-1940s AD | Bauchi State | Nigerians |
| Akpondu | Afro-Asiatic | after 2005 AD | Kaduna State | People from Akpondu |
| Asa | Afro-Asiatic | after 1999 AD | Tanzania | Asa |
| Auyokawa | Atlantic–Congo | [data missing] | Jigawa State | Nigerians |
| Basa-Gumna | Atlantic–Congo | 1987 | Chanchaga | Nigerians |
| Beigo | Eastern Sudanic? | 1960s | Darfur | Beigo speakers |
| Berti | Saharan | 1990s | South Darfur | People of Darfur |
| Bikya | Atlantic–Congo | 1987 | Cameroon | Bikya speakers |
| Birgid | Eastern Sudanic | 1970s AD | North Darfur | Birgid speakers |
| Bishuo | Atlantic–Congo | [data missing] | Cameroon | Bishuo speakers |
| Boro | Atlantic–Congo? | [data missing] | Ghana | Boro speakers |
| Bosha | Afro-Asiatic | [data missing] | Kingdom of Garo | Oromo people |
| Busuu | Niger–Congo (Probable) | Late 2000s | Native to Cameroon | Busuu speakers |
| Coptic | Afro-Asiatic | 1600s AD | Egypt | Copts |
| Duli | Atlantic–Congo | 1970-1990s AD | northern Cameroon | Duli speakers |
| El Molo | Afro-Asiatic | 1999s AD | Lake Turkana | El Molo people |
| Esuma | Atlantic–Congo | 1800s AD | Assinie-Mafia | People of the Ivory Coast |
| Egyptian | Afro-Asiatic | 400s AD | Ancient Egypt | Egyptians |
| Gafat | Afro-Asiatic | after 1947 AD | Ethiopia | Gafat people |
| Gamo-Ningi | Atlantic–Congo | 1980s AD | Bauchi State | Nigerians |
| Gbin | Mande | 1900s AD | Bondoukou | Gbin speakers |
| Geʽez | Afro-Asiatic | 2000 AD | Eritrea and Ethiopia | Ethiopians and Eritreans |
| Guanche | Afro-Asiatic? | 1500s AD | Canary Islands | Guanches |
| Gule | Koman? | since 1932 | Sudan | Gule speakers |
| Homa | Atlantic–Congo | 1975 AD | South Sudan | Homa speakers |
| Horo | Central Sudanic | 1940-1960s AD | Chad | Horo speakers |
| Italian Eritrean | Italian based Pidgin | [data missing] | Eritrea | Italians and Eritreans |
| Jalaa | Language isolate | 1992 | Nigeria | Jalabe |
| Kasabe | Atlantic–Congo | 5 November 1995 | Cameroon | Kasabe people |
| Kpati | Atlantic–Congo | 1971 AD | Taraba State | Nigerians |
| Kubi | Afro-Asiatic | 1995 AD | Bauchi State | Nigerians |
| Kwadi | Khoe–Kwadi | 1981 AD | Angola | Kwadi speakers |
| Kwʼadza | Afro-Asiatic? | 1980s | Mbulu | Kwʼadza speakers |
| Lisan al-Gharbi | Afro-Asiatic | 1300-1500s AD | Morocco | Berbers |
| Lower Nossob | Tuu | 2005 | South Africa and Botswana | Lower Nossob speakers |
| Lung | Niger–Congo (Probable) | early 20th century | Cameroon | Lung speakers |
| Mamluk-Kipchak | Turkic | after 1516 AD | Egypt | Mamluk |
| Mawa | unclassified | [data missing] | Nigeria | Nigerians |
| Meroitic | unclassified | 300s AD | Kingdom of Kush | Meroitic people |
| Mesmes | Afro-Asiatic | 2000 AD | Kingdom of Kush | Mesmes |
| Mittu | Central Sudanic | 1940s AD | South Sudan | Morokodo and Madi |
| Mozarabic | Indo-European | 1400s AD | North Africa | Mozarabs |
| Muskum | Chadic | 1981 AD | Chad | Muskum speakers |
| Nagumi | Atlantic–Congo | after 1977 AD | Cameroon's Northern region | Nagumi people |
| Ngasa | Afro-Asiatic? | 1950s AD | Tanzania | Ngasa |
| Ngbee | Atlantic–Congo | 1960s AD | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mangbele |
| Ngomvia | Afro-Asiatic? | 1976-1999 AD | Mbulu | Ngomvia speakers |
| Nhlangwini | Niger–Congo? | [data missing] | South Africa | Nhlangwini/Ntlangwini |
| Numidian | Afro-Asiatic | 200s BC | Numidia | Numidians |
| Palmyrene Aramaic | Afro-Asiatic | after 274 AD | Palmyrene Empire | Palmyrenes |
| Punic | Afro-Asiatic | 600s AD | Carthage | Carthaginians |
| Sabaic | Afro-Asiatic | 600s AD | Horn of Africa | Sabaeans |
| Sabir | Romance-based Pidgin | 1800s AD | Mediterranean Basin | Medieval traders and Crusaders |
| Sened | Afro-Asiatic | 1990 | Tunisia | Speakers in Sened |
| Seroa | Tuu | 1870s AD | South Africa | Seroa speakers |
| Singa | Atlantic–Congo | [data missing] | Rusinga Island | Singa speakers |
| Socotra Swahili | Afro-Asiatic | by 2009 AD | Socotra | Soqotri people |
| Sokna | Afro-Asiatic | [data missing] | Fezzan | Sokna speakers |
| Teshenawa | Afro-Asiatic | [data missing] | Jigawa State | Nigerians |
| Togoyo | Ubangian | 1985 AD | South Sudan | Togoyo people |
| Tonjon | Mande | since the 1950s | Vallée du Bandama District | Djimini |
| Torona | Atlantic–Congo | January 2014 AD | South Kordofan | Torona people |
| Vandalic | Indo-European | 400s AD | North Africa | Vandals |
| Vazimba | Austronesian | [data missing] | Madagascar | Vazimba |
| Weyto | unclassified | [data missing] | Lake Tana | Weyto caste |
| ǀXam | Tuu | 1910s AD | South Africa and Lesotho | ǀXam speakers |
| ǁKā | Tuu | late 20th century | South Africa | ǁKā speakers |
| ǁXegwi | Tuu | 1988 AD | Lake Chrissie | ǁXegwi |
| ǃGãǃne | Tuu | after 1931 | South Africa, near Tsolo | ǃGãǃne speakers |
| ǂUngkue | Tuu | mid 20th century | South Africa, Vaal River | ǂUngkue speakers |
| Yeni | Atlantic–Congo | [data missing] | Cameroon | Yeni speakers |
| Zumaya | Afro-Asiatic | by 2006 AD | Cameroon | Zumaya speakers |