Cross-product factsheets · HS Universe · trilateral country-FTA-HS pages · trade body × country · lexicon × HS context · mandates · case studies · cron-published articles + deep-dives + monthly reviews.
LEXOS Language (11)
Yoruba
score 15
/os/lexos/language/yoruba/
Volta-Niger branch of Niger-Congo; tonal, Latin script with diacritics. Major presence across the Atlantic diaspora through Yoruba-derived religious and cultural traditions such as Santeria and Candom…
Fula
score 15
/os/lexos/language/fula/
Senegambian branch of Niger-Congo, spoken across a wide Sahel belt from Senegal to Sudan by the historically pastoralist Fulani people. Traditionally written in the Arabic-derived Ajami script.…
Igbo
score 15
/os/lexos/language/igbo/
Volta-Niger branch of Niger-Congo; tonal, Latin script with diacritics under the Onwu orthography. One of Nigeria's three major languages alongside Yoruba and Hausa.…
Chewa
score 15
/os/lexos/language/chewa/
Bantu branch of Niger-Congo, also called Nyanja. National language of Malawi and widely spoken in Zambia and Mozambique.…
Akan
score 15
/os/lexos/language/akan/
Kwa branch of Niger-Congo, including the Twi and Fante varieties. Tonal and a major language of Ghana.…
Zulu
score 15
/os/lexos/language/zulu/
Nguni branch of the Bantu family within Niger-Congo. Known for click consonants borrowed from neighboring Khoisan languages; the most-spoken home language in South Africa.…
Kinyarwanda
score 15
/os/lexos/language/kinyarwanda/
Bantu branch of Niger-Congo. Official language of Rwanda with near-universal first-language coverage within the country, unusually uniform for an African nation.…
Kirundi
score 15
/os/lexos/language/kirundi/
Bantu branch of Niger-Congo. Official language of Burundi and mutually intelligible with Kinyarwanda.…
Shona
score 15
/os/lexos/language/shona/
Bantu branch of Niger-Congo. The most-spoken language of Zimbabwe and tonal.…
Mossi
score 15
/os/lexos/language/mossi/
Gur branch of Niger-Congo, also called Moore. The most-spoken language of Burkina Faso and the language of the historical Mossi kingdoms.…
Xhosa
score 15
/os/lexos/language/xhosa/
Nguni branch of the Bantu family within Niger-Congo, like Zulu featuring click consonants -- the language's own name begins with one. Widely spoken in South Africa's Eastern Cape.…