# Àwọn ẹ̀yà abínibí ilẹ̀ Áfríkà

## List

### Central Africa

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Phylum | Language | Region | Country | Population (million) | Notes |
| Cewa | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Chichewa language | Central/Southern |  | 9 |  |
| Chokwe | Niger-Congo, Bantu |  | Central | Angola, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia | 1.1 |  |
| Ganda |  |  |  |  | - |  |
| Kongo |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |
| Lingala |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |
| Luba |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Mbundu |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Zande |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ovimbundu |  |  |  |  | 4.6 |  |

### East Africa

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Phylum | Language | Region | Country | Population (million) | Notes |
| **Alur** |  |  |  |  |  | 34567890-4567 |
| Amhara | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Amharic | Horn of Africa | Ethiopia | 20 |  |
| Baganda | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Luganda language | East, Great Lakes | Uganda | 3 |  |
| Busoga | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Lusoga language | East, Great Lakes | Uganda |  |  |
| Dinka | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic | Dinka language | Eastern | Sudan | 1 |  |
| Hutu | Niger Congo, Bantu | Kinyarwanda/Kirundi | East, Great Lakes | Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo | 16 |  |
| Kamba |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Kalenjin |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Kikuyu |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Kwale |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Luo |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Luhya |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Maasai |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Makonde |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Nubians |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Oromo | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic | Afaan Oromo | Horn of Africa | Ethiopia, Kenya | 30 |  |
| Somali | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic | Somali language | Horn of Africa | Somalia | 20 |  |
| Swahili |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Tutsi | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Kinyarwanda/Kirundi | East Africa, Great Lakes | Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo | 3 |  |

### North Africa

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Phylum | Language | Region | Country | Population (million) | Notes |
| Egyptians |  |  |  | Egypt | 83 |  |
| Berbers |  | Berber |  | Morocco , Algeria , Libya | 73 |  |

### Southern Africa

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Phylum | Language | Region | Country | Population (million) | Notes |
| Afrikaner | Indo-European | Afrikaans |  | South Africa, Namibia | 3.4 | Only White ethnic group |
| Bushmen (San) |  |  |  |  | 0.09 |  |
| Ambo (Ovambo, Owambo, Kwanyama) |  |  |  | Namibia | 0.9 |  |
| Bemba | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Bemba language | Southern | Zambia | 0.2 |  |
| Herero |  |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |
| Himba |  |  |  |  | 0.05 |  |
| Khoi Khoi (Hottentot) |  |  |  |  | - |  |
| Makua |  |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |
| Ndebele | Bantu, Nguni | Ndebele |  |  | 5 |  |
| Shona |  | Shona |  |  | 10.6 |  |
| Swazi | Bantu, Nguni | Swazi |  |  | 1.1 |  |
| Venda | Bantu | Venda |  |  | 1 |  |
| Xhosa | Bantu, Nguni | Xhosa |  |  | 7.9 |  |
| Zulu | Bantu, Nguni | Zulu |  |  | 10.6 |  |

### West Africa

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Phylum | Language | Region | Country | Population (million) | Notes |
| **Akan** | Niger-Congo, Kwa | Akan languages | West | Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire |  | a group of eight related sub-ethnicities |
| **Aku** | (Creole) | Aku language | West | Gambia | 0.01 |  |
| Ashanti | Niger-Congo, Kwa, Akan | Twi | West | Ghana | 5 |  |
| **Asua (Aka)** |  | Mali |  |  |  |  |
| Bambara | Niger-Congo, Mande | Bambara language | West | Mali | 3 |  |
| Basaa | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Basaa language | West | Cameroon | 0.2 |  |
| Bassa | Niger-Congo, Kru | Bassa language | West | Liberia | 0.3 |  |
| Bini (also called, Edo or Benin) |  | Nigeria |  |  |  |  |
| Edo (also called Bini or Benin) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Efik | Niger-Congo | Efik language | West Africa | Nigeria, Cameroon, Southern Cameroons |  |  |
| Eket | Niger-Congo |  | West Africa | Nigeria, Cameroon, Southern Cameroons |  |  |
| Ewe |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ewondo |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fanti |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fulani |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ga |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gwari |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Hausa |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Igbo (Ibo) | Niger-Congo | Igbo language, Igboid languages | West Africa | Nigeria, Cameroon, Southern Cameroons | 30 | Includes various different subgroups. |
| Ishan |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ijaw | Niger-Congo | Ijo, Ijoid languages | West Africa | Nigeria | 14  | Sub-groups include Andoni, Ibani, Kalabari, Nembe, Ogbia and Okrika. |
| [Jaba (Ham)]Jola |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Mandinka |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Marka *also Maraka* |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Meta *also Metta* | Widikum, Bantu, Semi-Bantu, Bantoid | Meta | West, Central | Cameroon, Southern Cameroons |  |  |
| Mende |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Songhai |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Tiv |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Urhobo |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Wolof |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Yoruba |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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