Jerin Ƙabilun Afirka

Ƙungiyoyin ƙabilun Afirka sun kai dubbai, kuma kowace ƙabila gabaɗaya tana da yarensu (ko yare na harshe) da al'adunsu . Ƙungiyoyin kabilanci sun haɗa da Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo, da Nilo-Saharan .

Ƙididdigar yawan jama'a a hukumance na ƙabilu daban-daban a Afirka ba ta da tabbas sosai saboda ƙarancin ababen more rayuwa don yin ƙidayar, kuma saboda saurin haɓakar yawan jama'a. Wasu ƙungiyoyin sun yi zargin cewa da gangan ake tafka kura-kurai domin a ba wa kabilun da aka zaba fifiko a lambobi (kamar yadda ake yi a Najeriya Hausa, Fulani, Yarbawa, da Igbo).

Wani binciken tarin kwayoyin halitta na shekara ta 2009, wanda ya zana alamomin polymorphic guda 1327 a cikin al'ummomin Afirka daban-daban, ya gano gungu na kakanni guda shida. Tarin ya yi daidai da ƙabila, al'adu, da harshe.  Wani bincike da aka yi a shekarar 2018 gaba daya kan al'ummar duniya ya lura da irin wannan gungu a tsakanin al'ummomin Afirka. A K=9, sassa daban-daban na kakannin kakanni sun bayyana al'ummomin Afroasiatic -masu magana da ke zaune a Arewacin Afirka da Arewa maso Gabashin Afirka ; al'ummar Nilo-Saharan da ke yankin Arewa maso Gabashin Afirka da Gabashin Afirka ; al'ummar Ari a arewa maso gabashin Afirka; al'ummar Nijar-Congo a yammacin Afirka ta Tsakiya, Afirka ta Yamma, Gabashin Afirka, da Kudancin Afirka ; Al'ummar Pygmy a Afirka ta Tsakiya ; da kuma al'ummar Khoisan a Kudancin Afirka. 

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 Ta hanyar ilimin harshe 
A matsayin bayyani na farko, tebur mai zuwa ya lissafa manyan ƙungiyoyi ta hanyar alaƙar kabilanci, tare da ƙayyadaddun ƙididdigar yawan jama'a (kamar na 2016):

PhylumYankiManyan kabiluAdadin Jama'a (miliyan)(2016)Adadin kabilu Afro-Asiatic  North Africa, Horn of Africa, Sahel  Amhara, Hausa, Oromo, Somali, Tigrayan 200  200-300: kimanin 1,650 Niger-Congo, kimanin 200-300 Afro-Asiatic, 80 Nilo-Saharan, 40-70 Khoisan.Niger-Congo  West Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa Akan, Fula, Igbo, Kongo, Mandé, Mooré, Shona, Yoruba, Zulu

  900  1650Nilo-Saharan  Nile Valley, Sahel, East Africa  Dinka, Kanuri, Luo, Maasai, Nuer, Songhai 60  80Khoisan  Southern Africa, Tanzania  Nama, San, Sandawe  1  40-70Austronesian  Madagascar  Malagasy  20  1Indo-European  Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa  Afrikaners, British, French  6  3 Jimilla Afirka 1.2 biliyan (UN 2016)  kimanin 2,000Adadin harsunan Afirka da ake magana da su ana kiyasta su daban-daban (dangane da iyakancewar harshe vs. karin harshe) tsakanin 1,250 da 2,100.

Wasu kiyasin sun kiyasta "sama da 3,000", misali. . Niger-Congo kadai ya zama mafi yawan harsuna (da mafi yawan jama'a), wanda aka kiyasta harsuna 1,560 ta SIL Ethnologue) ()

Manyan kabilu
Wannan tebur ne na manyan kabilu (mutane miliyan 10 ko fiye):
Manyan kabiluYankiKasasheIyalin harsheAdadin Jama'a (miliyan)(shekara) Akan  Yammacin Afirka  Ghana, Ivory Coast  Niger–Congo, Kwa  Amhara  Kahon Afirka  Ethiopia  Afro-Asiatic, Semitic  (2007)ArabsArewacin AfirkaAlgeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, MauritaniaAfro-Asiatic, Semitic100+ (2013)AbzinawaArewacin AfirkaAlgeria, Libya, Morocco, MauritaniaAfro-Asiatic, Berber36 (2016)Chewa  Afirka ta Tsakiya  Malawi, Zambia  Niger–Congo, Bantu   (2007)Fulani  Yammacin Afirka  Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Central African Republic, Ghana, Togo, Sierra Leone  Niger–Congo, Senegambian Hausa  Yammacin Afirka  Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic   (2019)Hutu  Afirka ta Tsakiya  Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo  Niger–Congo, Bantu  Igbo  Yammacin Afirka  Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon  Niger–Congo, Volta–Niger   (2017)Kanuri  Yammacin Afirka  Nigeria, Niger, Chad, CameroonPeter Austin, Harsuna Dubu (2008), shafi na 75, https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0520255607:"Kanuri babban harshe ne na Saharar da ake magana da shi a cikin Tafkin Chadi a yankin Borno na arewa maso gabashin Najeriya, da kuma a Nijar, Kamaru, da Chadi (inda ake kiran nau'in Kanembul[)]."  Nilo-Saharan, Saharan  Kongo  Afirka ta Tsakiya  Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Republic of the Congo  Niger–Congo, Bantu  Luba  Afirka ta Tsakiya  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Niger–Congo, Bantu  Mongo  Afirka ta Tsakiya  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Niger–Congo, Bantu  Mossi  Yammacin Afirka  Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Ghana, Mali, Togo  Niger–Congo, Bantu  Nilotes  Kwarin Nilu, Gabashin Afirka, Afirka ta Tsakiya  South Sudan, Sudan, Chad, Central African Republic, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia  Nilo-Saharan, Nilotic   (2007)Oromo  Kahon Afirka  Ethiopia, Kenya  Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic  (2022)Shona  Gabashin Afirka  Zimbabwe da Mozambique  Niger–Congo, Bantoid   (2000)Somali  Kahon Afirka Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya  Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic  (2009)Songhai  Yammacin Afirka Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Algeria  Nilo-Saharan  (2019)Yoruba  Yammacin Afirka  Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone  Niger–Congo, Volta–Niger  Zulu  Kudancin Afirka  South Africa  Niger–Congo, Bantu  (2016)
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