The linguascale
Geosector 0= AFRICA
- Phylozone 00= MANDIC
- Phylozone 01= SONGHAIC
- Phylozone 02= SAHARIC
- Phylozone 03= SUDANIC
- Phylozone 04= NILOTIC
- Geozone 05= EAST-SAHEL
- Phylozone 06= KORDOFANIC
- Geozone 07= RIFT-VALLEY
- Phylozone 08= KHOISANIC
- Geozone 09= KALAHARI
Phylosector 1= AFRO-ASIAN
- Phylozone 10= TAMAZIC
- Phylozone 11= EGYPTIC
- Phylozone 12= SEMITIC
- Phylozone 13= BEJIC
- Phylozone 14= CUSHITIC
- Phylozone 15= EYASIC
- Phylozone 16= OMOTIC
- Phylozone 17= CHARIC
- Phylozone 18= MANDARIC
- Phylozone 19= BAUCHIC
Geosector 2= AUSTRALASIA
- Geozone 20= ARAFURA
- Geozone 21= MAMBERAMO
- Phylozone 22= MADANGIC
- Phylozone 23= OWALAMIC
- Phylozone 24= TRANSIRIANIC
- Geozone 25= CENDRAWASIH
- Geozone 26= SEPIK-VALLEY
- Geozone 27= BISMARCK-SEA
- Geozone 28= NORTH-AUSTRALIA
- Geozone 29= TRANS-AUSTRALIA
Phylosector 3= AUSTRONESIAN
- Phylozone 30= TAIWANIC
- Phylozone 31= FILIPINIC
- Phylozone 32= BORNEO-MALAGASIC
- Phylozone 33= MALAY-JAVIC
- Phylozone 34= SULAWESIC
- Phylozone 35= FLORES-MALUKIC
- Phylozone 36= FRINGE-PACIFIC
- Phylozone 37= SOLOMO-NIUGINIC
- Phylozone 38= SOUTH-OCEANIC
- Phylozone 39= TRANSPACIFIC
Geosector 4= EURASIA
- Phylozone 40= EUSKARIC
- Phylozone 41= URALIC
- Geozone 42= CAUCASUS
- Geozone 43= NORTH-EURASIA
- Geozone 44= CENTRAL-EURASIA
- Geozone 45= EAST-EURASIA
- Geozone 46= SOUTH-EURASIA
- Phylozone 47= DAIC
- Phylozone 48= MON-KHMERIC
- Phylozone 49= DRAVIDIC
Phylosector 5= INDO-EUROPEAN
- Phylozone 50= CELTIC
- Phylozone 51= ROMANIC
- Phylozone 52= GERMANIC
- Phylozone 53= SLAVIC
- Phylozone 54= BALTIC
- Phylozone 55= ALBANIC
- Phylozone 56= HELLENIC
- Phylozone 57= ARMENIC
- Phylozone 58= IRANIC
- Phylozone 59= INDIC
Geosector 6= NORTH-AMERICA
- Phylozone 60= ARCTIC
- Phylozone 61= NADENIC
- Phylozone 62= ALGIC
- Phylozone 63= IROQUOIC
- Geozone 64= MISSISSIPPI
- Phylozone 65= AZTECIC
- Geozone 66= WEST-COAST
- Geozone 67= PUEBLO-DESERT
- Geozone 68= EAST-COAST
- Geozone 69= MESO-AMERICA
Phylosector 7= SINO-INDIAN
- Phylozone 70= TIBETIC
- Phylozone 71= HIMALAYIC
- Phylozone 72= BRAHMAPUTRIC
- Phylozone 73= KUKIC
- Phylozone 74= ARUNASHALIC
- Phylozone 75= KACHINIC
- Phylozone 76= RUNGIC
- Phylozone 77= IRRAWADDIC
- Phylozone 78= KARENIC
- Phylozone 79= SINITIC
Geosector 8= SOUTH-AMERICA
- Phylozone 80= CARIBIC
- Phylozone 81= CHIBCHANIC
- Phylozone 82= ARAWAKIC
- Phylozone 83= QUECHUIC
- Geozone 84= ANDES
- Geozone 85= PRE-ANDES
- Geozone 86= MATO-CONO
- Geozone 87= AMAZON
- Phylozone 88= TUPIC
- Geozone 89= BAHIA
Phylosector 9= TRANSAFRICAN
0= AFRICA
Geosector
Total number of voices covered by the languages of each zone (or of each part of a divided zone) :
More than 100 million
More than 10 million
More than 1 million
More than 100 thousand
Less than 100 thousand
This geosector covers 44 sets of languages (237 outer languages, comprising 763 inner languages) spoken by communities across the African continent south of the Sahara, from West Africa to East Africa, and in southwestern Africa.
These sets comprise all languages of Africa not covered by phylosectors 1=Afro-Asian, 3=Austronesian, 5=Indo-European and 9=Transafrican.
Zones 00= to 07= cover languages spoken in a belt of great linguistic diversity, extending from Senegal to Tanzania.
Zones 08= to 09= cover languages spoken in Southwestern Africa, in and around the Kalahari desert.
Languages of zones 00= and 01= have constituted a "Mande + Songhai" hypothesis, and languages of zones 01= to 05= have constituted an overlapping "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis. Languages of zones 00= and 06= have been included in the "Congo-Kordofanian" or "new Niger-Congo" hypothesis (together with languages of phylosector 9=), and languages of zones 08= (as "Central Khoisan") and 09= (as "North Khoisan" plus "South Khoisan") have constituted the major part of a "wider Khoisan" hypothesis.
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