AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND THE GLOBAL FUTURE

Abstract

Humankind as speaking animal (animal loquens) and symbolic animal (animal symbolicum) expresses himself in a unique language (a formal speech or a sign language). Language identifiably defines a people as such. Hence, it is a unique means of connectedness that is within the boundaries of communication. It reaches out to different aspects of human capital development unto other forms of progress in Continental Africa. Unfortunately, many popular African languages are yet to be part of the global languages for global enterprises. However, most African languages are on the brink of extinct, hence, the irony of keying into the global future and the consequent Information-Technology era popularly driven by Artificial Intelligence. Using the method of critical analysis, the researchers in confronting some African languages find out that the need for few African languages to be sustained for robust and promising global future.