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People and population

 

What is a language group ?

This is a group of people who speak almost the same language.

 

Look at the following map of Eastern Africa

Do you know the language groups that mainly occupy this area?

The language groups that occupy Eastern Africa are:

• Bantus
• Nilotes
• Cushites
• Semites

Bantus original homeland was the congo forest

They migrated from Congo forest in search of fertile land

 

A table showing  the Bantus in Kenya

 

A table showing Bantus in other countries.

Tanzania	Uganda	Rwanda
Hehe	Baganda	Hutu
Yao	Bagisu
Makonde	Batoro
Sukuma	Banyankole
Nyamwezi	Bachinga
Ngoni	Basoga
Zaramo
Gogo
Wachaga

NILOTES

 

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Nilotes are divided into three groups, which are;

The main economic activities of the nilotes include:

 

THE CUSHITES

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Their main economic activity is pastoralism

That is why they move from place to place in search of water and pasture.

Cushites are divided into;

• Eastern cushites
• Southern cushites

 

THE SEMITES

They are a mixture of Arabs and Jews.

They originated from Asia

 

The table below shows the Semites in Eastern Africa

 

The map shows the settlement areas of the Bantus,Cushites,Nilotes and Semites in Eastern Africa.

 

ASSIGNMENT

1.A ________is a group of people who speak almost the same language.

2.The three main language groups in Eastern Africa are

a_____

b______

c_____

3.The________are a mixture of Arabs and Jews.

4.The Bantus came from _______

5.The main activity of the cushites was_______

6. The cushites original home land was ________

7.list  any two.  Bantus found in Kenya ,Uganda and Tanzania

8.The Western Bantus  in Kenya include:

9.The nilotes are divided into

a______

b________

c_______

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ANSWERS

1.A language group is a group of people who speak almost the same language.

2. The three main language groups in Eastern Africa are Bantus Cushites Nilotes

3.The Semites are a mixture of Arabs and Jews

4.The Bantus came from congo forest

5.The main activity of the cushites was pastoralism

6.The original home land of the cushites was the horn of Africa

7.List any two Bantus found in Kenya ,uganda and Tanzania

Kenya-Agikuyu,pokomo

Uganda-Baganda,Batoro

Tanzania-Nyamwezi,hehe

8.The western Bantus in Kenya include: Abaluhya,Abagusii and Abakuria

9.The nilotes are divided into

River lake nilotes

Plain nilotes

Highland nilotes