Editing Languages of Africa (section)

====Small families====
The three small [[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]] families of southern Africa have not been shown to be closely related to any other major language family. In addition, there are various other families that have not been demonstrated to belong to one of these families. The classifications below follow [[Glottolog]].
*[[Mande languages|Mande]], some 70 languages, including the major languages of [[Mali]] and [[Guinea]]; these are generally thought to be divergent Niger–Congo, but debate persists
*[[Ubangian languages|Ubangian]], some 70 languages, centered on the languages of the [[Central African Republic]]; may be Niger–Congo
*[[North Omotic languages|Te-Ne-Omotic]], some 20 languages, previously classified under Afro-Asiatic, spoken in Ethiopia
*[[Khoe languages|Khoe-Kwadi]], around 10 languages, the primary family of Khoisan languages of [[Namibia]] and [[Botswana]]
*[[Surmic languages|Surmic]], some 11 languages, previously classified within either Sudanic or Nilo-Saharan
*[[Kx'a languages|Kx'a]], around five languages, with various dialects, spoken in Southern Africa
*[[Aroid languages|South Omotic]], around five languages; previously classified within Afro-Asiatic, spoken in Ethiopia
*[[Tuu languages|Tuu]], or Taa-ǃKwi, two surviving languages
*[[Hadza language|Hadza]], an isolate of Tanzania
*[[Bangime language|Bangime]], a likely isolate of Mali
*[[Jalaa language|Jalaa]], a likely isolate of Nigeria
*[[Sandawe language|Sandawe]], an isolate of Tanzania
*[[Laal language|Laal]], a possible isolate of Chad

''[[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]]'' is a term of convenience covering some 30 languages spoken by around 300,000–400,000 people. There are five Khoisan families that have not been shown to be related to each other: [[Khoe languages|Khoe]], [[Tuu languages|Tuu]] and [[Kx'a languages|Kx'a]], which are found mainly in [[Namibia]] and [[Botswana]], as well as [[Sandawe language|Sandawe]] and [[Hadza language|Hadza]] of [[Tanzania]], which are [[language isolate]]s. A striking feature of Khoisan languages, and the reason they are often grouped together, is their use of [[click consonant]]s. Some neighbouring Bantu languages (notably [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] and [[Zulu language|Zulu]]) have clicks as well, but these were adopted from Khoisan languages. The Khoisan languages are also [[tonal language|tonal]].