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Annex L. Number of Titles Found in Each Country, by Language Annex L. Number of Titles Found in Each Country, by Language Language ISO No. Language Namea Codeb DRC Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mali Mozambique Nigeria Senegal Tanzania Uganda Zambia 1 Acholi ach 25 2 Adhola adh 2 Afan Oromo (West 3 gaz 52 Central) 4 Afar aar 5 5 Alur alz 1 3 6 Amharic amh 366 7 Anuak anu 3 8 Aringa luc 23 Ateso—see Teso [teo] 9 Bali bcp 2 Bamanankan—see Bambara [bam] 10 Bambara bam 155 11 Bandial bqj 32 12 Bangala bxg 12 13 Bemba bem 4 159 14 Bench bcq 36 15 Berta wti 10 16 Bomu bmq 3 17 Borna bwo 3 18 Bozo (Tieyaxo) boz 1 19 Budu buu 2 20 Bushoong buf 2 21 Chichewa/Nyanja nya 13 309 41 146 22 Chiga cgg 21 Chinyungwe—see Nyungwe [nyu] Chinyanja—see Chichewa/Nyanja [nya] 23 Chopi cce 7 24 Chuwabu chw 8 25 Cokwe cjk 1 26 Dawro dwr 5 27 Dholuo luo 31 10 28 Digo dig 1 DERP in Africa—Reading Materials Survey Final Report 281 Language ISO No. Language Namea Codeb DRC Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mali Mozambique Nigeria Senegal Tanzania Uganda Zambia 29 Dizin mdx 24 30 Dogon (Tene Kan) dtk 4 31 Dogon (Tomo Kan) dtm 3 32 Dogon (Toro So) dts 4 33 Duruma dug 2 34 Ekegusii guz 14 35 English eng 5 29 35 8 1 3 45 5 47 44 36 French fra 64 32 1 6 101 37 Fulfulde (Adamawa) fub 11 38 Fulfulde (Central) fuv 5 39 Fulfulde (Maasina) ffm 46 40 Fuliiru flr 10 Fumbira—see Kinyarwanda [kin] 41 Gamo gmv 1 42 Ganda lug 182 43 Gedeo drs 2 44 Gikuyu kik 36 45 Gofa gof 1 46 Gumuz guk 1 47 Gungu rub 15 48 Gusilay gsl 4 49 Gwere gwr 1 23 50 Hadiyya hdy 15 51 Hausa hau 8 91 52 Igbo ibo 126 53 Igikuria kuj 1 54 Ijaw ijc 9 55 Ik ikx 1 56 Jola-Fonyi dyo 31 57 Jola-Kasa csk 7 58 Kafa kbr 1 59 Kakwa keo 1 60 Kalenjin kln 2 61 Kamba kam 70 62 Kambaata ktb 6 63 Kaonde kqn 3 96 282 DERP in Africa—Reading Materials Survey Final Report Language ISO No. Language Namea Codeb DRC Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mali Mozambique Nigeria Senegal Tanzania Uganda Zambia 64 Karon krx 21 65 Kiembu ebu 7 66 Kigiryama nyf 15 67 Kikongo kng 88 68 Kimiiru mer 10 69 Kinyarwanda kin 47 1 70 Kipfokomo pkb 9 71 Kiswahili swh 1 424 382 1 72 Kitharaka thk 27 73 Kituba ktu 42 74 Kiwiilwana mlk 7 75 Kokola kzn 1 76 Komo (DRC) kmw 1 77 Komo (Ethiopia) xom 1 Kongo—see Kikongo [kng] 78 Konso kxc 3 79 Konzo koo 10 36 80 Koorete kqy 1 81 Kuku 1 82 Kumam kdi 12 83 Kupsapiiny kpz 2 84 Kuwaataay cwt 37 85 Lala-Bisa leb 3 86 Lamba lam 18 87 Lango laj 2 72 88 Latin lat 1 89 Leb Thur 2 90 Lendu led 3 91 Lenje leh 4 92 Lika lik 4 93 Lingala lin 105 94 Logo log 4 95 Lomwe (Malawi) lon 9 10 Lomwe 96 ngl 9 (Mozambique) 97 Lozi loz 5 119 Luba-Kasai—see Tshiluba [lua] DERP in Africa—Reading Materials Survey Final Report 283 Language ISO No. Language Namea Codeb DRC Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mali Mozambique Nigeria Senegal Tanzania Uganda Zambia 98 Lubukusu bxk 17 1 Luganda—see Ganda [lug] 99 Lugbara lgg 3 82 Lugwere—see Gwere [gwr] Luhya—see Oluluyia [luy] 100 Lulogooli rag 11 101 Lunda lun 5 72 Lunyole—see Nyole [nuj] Lusoga—see Soga [xog] 102 Luvale lue 3 76 103 Luyana lyn 1 104 Ma’di mhi 4 105 Maasai mas 54 106 Majang mpe 3 107 Makhuwa vmw 56 108 Makonde kde 41 109 Mambwe-Lungu mgr 1 110 Mandinka mnk 10 111 Mandjak mfv 20 112 Mangbetu mdj 3 113 Maninkakan (Eastern) emk 1 114 Mankanya knf 12 115 Manyika mxc 4 116 Marakwet enb 8 117 Masaaba myx 1 45 118 Mayogo mdm 1 119 Mbandja zmz 5 120 Me'en mym 29 121 Mono mnh 7 122 Mundu muh 3 123 Mwani wmw 36 124 Nandi niq 1 125 Ndau ndc 14 126 Ndut ndv 12 127 Ng’akarimojong kdj 12 128 Ngbaka nga 70 284 DERP in Africa—Reading Materials Survey Final Report Language ISO No. Language Namea Codeb DRC Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mali Mozambique Nigeria Senegal Tanzania Uganda Zambia 129 Ngbandi (Northern) ngb 7 130 Ngbandi (Southern) nbw 1 131 Ngiti niy 2 132 Ngombe ngc 1 133 Nkoya nka 3 134 Noon snf 10 135 Nuer nus 1 136 Nyamwanga mwn 1 137 Nyamwezi nym 1 Nyanja—see Chichewa/Nyanja [nya] 138 Nyankore nyn 30 139 Nyole nuj 1 67 140 Nyoro nyo 32 141 Nyungwe nyu 4 14 142 Oluluyia luy 6 1 143 Olusamia lsm 1 144 Oluwanga lwg 15 145 Omi omi 12 146 Oniyan bsc 8 147 Orma orc 4 Oromo—see Afan Oromo (West Central) [gaz] or Oromo (Borana–Arsi–Guji/Southern) [gax] Oromo (Borana–Arsi– 148 gax 1 Guji/Southern) Otetela—see Tetela [tll] 149 Pagibete pae 4 150 Pokoot pko 1 151 Portuguese por 1 43 1 152 Pulaar fuc 1 35 153 Rendille rel 10 154 Ronga rng 7 155 Runyakitara 1 Rwanda—see Kinyarwanda [kin] 156 Saafi-Saafi sav 34 157 Sabawoot spy 5 158 Sagalla tga 1 159 Samburu saq 5 160 Sena (Malawi) swk 2 DERP in Africa—Reading Materials Survey Final Report 285 Language ISO No. Language Namea Codeb DRC Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mali Mozambique Nigeria Senegal Tanzania Uganda Zambia 161 Sena (Mozambique) seh 7 162 Sénoufo (Mamara) myk 27 163 Sénoufo (Supyire) spp 7 164 Sénoufo (Syenara) shz 11 165 Sepedi nso 1 166 Serer-Sine srr 122 167 Sheko she 31 168 Shi shr 1 169 Sidamo sid 15 170 Silt'e stv 10 171 Soga xog 38 27 172 Soli sby 1 173 Somali som 20 4 Songhay (Koyra 174 khq 3 Chiini) Songhay (Koyraboro 175 ses 14 Senni) 176 Soninke snk 14 3 177 Suba sxb 1 178 Suri suq 36 Swahili—see Kiswahili [swh] or Swahili (Congo) [swc] 179 Swahili (Congo) swc 30 180 Talinga-Bwisi tlj 10 181 Tamasheq taq 5 182 Taveta tvs 1 183 Tembo tbt 10 184 Teso teo 24 46 185 Tetela tll 25 186 Tewe twx 6 187 Tigrigna tir 18 188 Tonga (Mozambique) toh 11 189 Tonga (Zambia) toi 5 168 190 Tooro ttj 1 1 191 Tshiluba lua 11 1 192 Tsonga tso 1 24 193 Tswa tsc 9 194 Tugen tuy 1 195 Tumbuka tum 18 2 286 DERP in Africa—Reading Materials Survey Final Report Language ISO No. Language Namea Codeb DRC Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mali Mozambique Nigeria Senegal Tanzania Uganda Zambia 196 Turkana tuv 12 197 Waata ssn 1 198 Wamey cou 6 199 Wolaytta wal 11 200 Wolof wol 57 201 Xaasongaxango kao 1 Xichangana—see Tsonga [tso] 202 Yao yao 14 32 203 Yoruba yor 107 Zambian Sign 204 zsl 1 Language Unknown 1 3 4 Note: DRC = Democratic Republic of the Congo; ISO = International Organization for Standardization. a Most languages go by several different names; several languages have the same name. If there is confusion, refer to the Ethnologue at www.ethnologue.com (Lewis et al., 2015). Language/dialect distinctions that have been assigned separate ISO 639-3 codes are given in parentheses. b ISO 639-3 is a code that aims to define three-letter identifiers for all known human languages (SIL International, 2015). References Lewis, M. P., Simons, G. F., & Fennig, C. D. (Eds.). (2015). Ethnologue: Languages of the world. (18th edition). Dallas, TX: SIL International. Retrieved from http://www.ethnologue.com/ SIL International. (2015). ISO 639-3. Retrieved from http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/ DERP in Africa—Reading Materials Survey Final Report 287 .
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