Afar is a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. It is closely related to Saho language. It is a Lowland East Cushitic language and it is spoken mainly in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. Afar is one of the nine national languages in Eritrea. It is believed to have 1.5 million speakers. Afar is maybe written either with Latin or Ge'ez script.
Adangme, also known as Dangme language, is a Kwa language. It is spoken by around 800,000 people in Ghana. Adangme is written in the Latin script. In this language normally tones and nasalization are not written. It is very closely related to Ga language and together they form Ga-Dangma branch withih Kwa.
Acholi belongs to the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo- Saharan languages and is closely related to Alur and Langu languages. Acholi, Alur, and Lango have between 84 and 90 per cent of their vocabulary in common and are mutually intelligible. However, their speakers are ethnically different. It is spoken mainly in northern Uganda. It has approximately 1.22 million native speakers. Acholi is a tonal language.
Acehnese language, also known as Achinese, is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by Acehnese people in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. It is also spoken in some parts in Malaysia. It is a language spoken by 3,000,000 people in northern Aceh Province and on the northern and southern coasts around the tip of Sumatra, Indonesia. It is also known as Aceh, Acèh, Atjehnese, Atjeh, and Achehnese. There are around 3.5 million native speakers of Achinese language.
Zuni language is spoken mainly by the about 9,500 people in the USA. It is spoken mainly in New Maxico, Zuni Pueble and in some parts of Arizona. Different ways of writing Zuni with Latin alphabet have been devised by a number of linguists and anthropologists. According to Ladd’s report in 1994, Zuni is still the main language of communication in the pueblo and is used in the home.
There are around 60 Zapotecan languages spoken mainly in Mexico. They are a part of the Oto-Manguean family of languages. There are about half a million speakers of these languages. Most Zapotec speaking communities are highly bilingual in Spanish.
Yapese belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian sub-group of Austronesian languages. It is spoken by about 6,600 people in the State of Yap. The Yapese language has influences from Spanish, German, Japanese and English. Yapese first appeared in writing in 1888. Earlier its spelling system was based on Spanish language. However, in 1972 the Yapese Orthography Committee introduced a new spelling system.
Woleaian belongs to the Trukic family of languages and within that family it is closely related to Satawalese language. It is the main language of the island of Woleai and surrounding smaller islands in the state of Yap. Woleaian is divided into two dialects: Woleaian proper and Lamotrek. There are around 1700 speakers of the Woleaian language. The writing system of Woleai is influenced by Latin letters.
Tigrinya is a Semitic language and it is spoken mainly in Eritrea by the Tigrinya people and in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. There are around 6 million speakers of Tigrinya Language. It is written with a version of the Ge’ez script and it first appeared in writing during the 13th century.
Tigre, also known as Xasa in Sudan, belongs to the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is spoken in Northeast Africa. Tigre is thought to have descended from Ge’ez language. As of 1997, Tigre was spoken by approximately 800,000. Muslim Tigre people tend to write their language with the Arabic script, while Christian Tigres and the Eritrean government use a version of the Ge’ez / Ethiopic alphabet.