[{"n": "Kanuri language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/kanuri-language/", "s": "Saharan language of the Kanem and Bornu empires."}, {"n": "Kikuyu language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/kikuyu-language/", "s": "A Bantu tonal language of the Gĩkũyũ people in Kenya."}, {"n": "Kinyarwanda", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/kinyarwanda/", "s": "Bantu language and national language of Rwanda."}, {"n": "Kirundi", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/kirundi/", "s": "Bantu language and national language of Burundi."}, {"n": "Kongo language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/kongo-language/", "s": "A Bantu language of Central Africa, with a rich history of early Latin writing and influence across the Atlant"}, {"n": "Lingala", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/lingala/", "s": "A Bantu lingua franca of Central Africa with 40 million speakers."}, {"n": "Luba-Katanga language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/luba-katanga-language/", "s": "A Bantu language of the Luba people in southeastern DRC."}, {"n": "Luganda", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/luganda/", "s": "A major Bantu language and Uganda's de facto national language."}, {"n": "Maasai language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/maasai-language/", "s": "Eastern Nilotic language of the Maasai people in East Africa."}, {"n": "Mooré", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/moor/", "s": "A Gur language and official tongue of Burkina Faso."}, {"n": "Ovambo language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/ovambo-language/", "s": "The largest local language in Namibia, spoken by the Ovambo people."}, {"n": "Nigerian Pidgin", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/nigerian-pidgin/", "s": "Nigeria's English-based creole and most widespread lingua franca after English."}, {"n": "Northern Ndebele language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/northern-ndebele-language/", "s": "A Nguni language of Zimbabwe, closely related to Zulu."}, {"n": "Oromo language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/oromo-language/", "s": "Oromo is a major Cushitic language of Ethiopia and Kenya."}, {"n": "Swahili language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/swahili-language/", "s": "A Bantu lingua franca of East Africa with significant Arabic influence."}, {"n": "Yoruba language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/yoruba-language/", "s": "A major West African language with a rich dialect continuum and diaspora liturgical use."}, {"n": "Zulu language", "u": "/e/languages-and-scripts-of-africa/zulu-language/", "s": "A Southern Bantu language with click consonants, official in South Africa."}]