List of African ethnic groups
This is a list of African ethnic groups.
The Yoruba, Igbo, Oromo and Hausa are among the largest indeginous African ethnic groups
| name |
phylum |
language |
region |
country |
population (million) |
notes |
| Afrikaner |
Indo-European |
Afrikaans |
South |
South Africa, Namibia |
3.4 million |
Originally from European settlers. |
| 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 |
| Amhara |
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic |
Amharic |
Horn of Africa |
Ethiopia |
20 million |
| Ashanti |
Niger-Congo, Kwa, Akan |
Twi |
West |
Ghana |
>5 million |
| Bantu |
Niger-Congo |
Bantu languages |
Central, Southern |
|
>100 |
super-group including some 500 ethnicities |
| Bambara |
Niger-Congo, Mande |
Bambara language |
West |
Mali |
3 |
| Baganda |
Niger-Congo, Bantu |
Luganda language |
East, Great Lakes |
Uganda |
3 |
| Bassa |
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) |
|
|
|
|
| Boere-Afrikaner |
Indo-European |
Afrikaans |
South |
South Africa, Namibia |
0.4 million |
Originally from European settlers. |
| Busoga |
Niger-Congo, Bantu |
Lusoga language |
East, Great Lakes |
Uganda |
|
| Bemba |
Niger-Congo, Bantu |
Bemba language |
Southern |
Zambia |
0.2 |
| Cewa |
Niger-Congo, Bantu |
Chichewa language |
Central/Southern |
|
9 |
| Chokwe |
Niger-Congo, Bantu |
|
Central |
Angola, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia |
1.1 |
| Dinka |
Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic |
Dinka language |
Western |
Sudan |
1. |
| Edo (also called Bini or Benin) |
| Efik |
Niger-Congo |
Efik language |
West Africa |
Nigeria, Cameroon |
| Eket |
| Ewe |
| Ewondo |
| Fanti |
| Fulani |
| Ga |
| Ganda |
| Gwari |
| Hausa |
| Herero |
| Himba |
| Hutu |
| Igbo (also called Ibo) |
Niger-Congo |
Igbo language, Igboid languages |
West Africa |
Nigeria, Cameroon |
>30 |
| Ishan |
| Ijaw |
| Jola |
| Kamba |
| Kalenjin |
| Kikuyu |
| Khoi Khoi Hottentot |
| Kongo |
| Kwale |
| Limpopo |
| Lingala |
| Luba |
| Luo |
| Luhya |
| Maasai |
| Makonde |
| Makua |
| Mandinka |
| Marka also Maraka |
| Mbundu |
| Mende |
| Mudbone |
| Nguni |
| Nubians |
| Oromo |
| Samburu |
| San Bushmen
Sango |
| Shona |
| Shaigiya |
| Soga also Basoga/Soga |
| Serer also Serere |
| Somali |
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic |
Somali language |
Horn of Africa |
Somalia |
20 |
| Songhai |
| Soninke |
| Sukuma |
| Swazi |
| Taita |
| Tigray-Tigrinya |
| Tiv |
| Tutsi |
| Ovimbundu |
| Urhobo |
| Venda, Vhangona or Vhavhenda |
| Wolof |
| Xhosa |
| Yoruba |
| Zande |
| Zulu |
See also
de:Liste der afrikanischen Völker
eo:Listo de afrikaj etnoj
fr:Liste des groupes ethniques d'Afrique
it:Lista di popoli africani
pt:Anexo:Lista de grupos étnicos da África
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