Sango - a trade language widely used in Chad

Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language - the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)

Bantoid language, Bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent

Gur, Voltaic - a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana

West African - a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa

Mande - a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast

Kwa - a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria