Niger-Congo Peoples
The largest language family of sub-Saharan Africa: Bantu, Kwa, Mande, Gur and more, spanning West, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa.
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Bantu →57 groups
Bajuni
The Bajuni Islands and adjacent mainland of southern Somalia, from Kismayo south to the Kenyan border, and the northern Kenyan coast around the Lamu archipelago and Mombasa
Banyamulenge
The high plateaus of South Kivu, in Uvira, Fizi and Mwenga territories, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with large refugee and displaced communities in Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya and further abroad.
Basa
Littoral and Centre regions of Cameroon, between the Sanaga and Nyong rivers, around Edéa, Eséka and the eastern approaches to Douala.
Mbosi
The Cuvette and surrounding departments of northern Republic of the Congo, along the Alima, Kouyou and Likouala-Mossaka rivers, centered on Owando, Boundji, Makoua, Oyo and Mossaka, with a large community in Brazzaville.
Ndwandwe
The country between the Black Mfolozi and Pongola rivers in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, reaching toward the Eswatini border; descendant communities in Mozambique, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania.
Shirazi
Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba), the Comoros, and the coastal strip of Tanzania, Kenya and northern Mozambique.
Atlantic13 groups
Gur11 groups
Kwa10 groups
Mande9 groups
Edoid5 groups
Cross River5 groups
Ubangian4 groups
Plateau3 groups
Kru3 groups
Other Niger-Congo groups27 groups
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