Add a Benchmark for African languages
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Linguistic Families and Proposed Languages:
Afro-Asiatic Languages
- Arabic - ara (widely spoken in North Africa)
- Amharic - amh (Ethiopia)
- Somali - som (Somalia)
- Tigrinya - tir (Eritrea and Ethiopia)
- Hausa - hau (Niger-Congo but extensively uses Afro-Asiatic vocabulary, Nigeria and surrounding countries)
Niger-Congo Languages
- Swahili - swa (East Africa)
- Yoruba - yor (Nigeria and neighboring countries)
- Igbo - ibo (Nigeria)
- Akan - aka (Ghana)
- Zulu - zul (South Africa)
- Xhosa - xho (South Africa)
- Lingala - lin (Congo)
Nilo-Saharan Languages
- Nuer - nus (South Sudan)
- Dinka - din (South Sudan)
- Kanuri - kau (Nigeria, Niger)
Khoisan Languages (Known for their click consonants)
- Khoekhoe - naq (Namibia, South Africa)
Creole Languages
- Pidgin (Nigerian Pidgin) - pcm (Widely used in informal contexts across Nigeria)
Note this list does not claim to be comprehensive, do feel free to add to the list.