Geography
How Language Spread Reflects Historical Migration Routes
Quick fact
The Bantu language family spread across sub-Saharan Africa over millennia, and today over 400 million people speak a Bantu language—a direct linguistic footprint of a massive migration that began around 3000 BCE.
Why this is interesting
You already know that English, Spanish, and Hindi share a common ancestor, but did you know that you can trace entire human migrations just by listening to how people speak?