Map showing the distribution of African language families (according to  Joseph H. Greenberg's classification) and some major African languages
Own work. Data from:

Heine, Bernd &amp; Derek Nurse (eds.) (2000) African languages: an introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Stroomer, Harry (2002) In de schaduw van het Arabisch : over niet-arabische talen en culturen in Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten. Inaugural oration, Leiden University.
Webb, Vic and Kembo-Sure (eds.) (1998) African Voices. An introduction to the languages and linguistics of Africa. Cape Town: Oxford University Press Southern Africa.
Kohler 1976 Khoi-San map (S.D.C.G. Laboratoire de Carthographie Thématique. PARIS: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.) [1]
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SIL-based maps
Original PNG version is/was Image:African language families.png
Mark Dingemanse (original PNG version); User:Pmx (SVG version)