Colors in some languages of East Africa.
Swahili is a Bantu language of the Sabaki branch of the Northeast Coast Bantu family, spoken by 10-15 million people as a first language and about 90 million as a second language as a lingua-franca in about a dozen countries in East Africa.
Kikuyu is another Bantu language and is from the Northeast Bantu group. It is spoken by 6.6 million speakers in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Somali is a Cushitic language from the Somali language family. It is spoken by about 16 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.
Oromo is an Oromoid language from the Cushitic language family with about 35 million speakers, primarily in Ethiopia with some Kenyan and Somalian speakers.
Amharic comes from the Ethiopian branch of the Semitic language family and is spoken by 22 million people in Ethiopia.
Note: spelling, pronunciation and/or full words may differ according to region or locale.
