Indimi z'abaturage bo muri Afurika yo mu turere dushyuha, ziba mu majyepfo y’umuryango wa Semitike-Hamitike, kuri ubu usanga zahujwe mu miryango ibiri: Niger (Congo) -Kordofan na Nilo-Sahara. Itsinda rya Niger-Kordofanian ririmo itsinda rya Niger-Congo – amatsinda menshi kandi ahuza: Iburengerazuba bwa Atlantika, Mande, Volts, Kwa, Benue-Congo na Adamawa-Iburasirazuba. Iburengerazuba bwa Atlantike harimo abantu benshi ba Fulbe baba mu matsinda atandukanye mu bihugu hafi ya byose byo muri Sudani y’iburengerazuba no hagati, Wolof na Serepi (Senegali), n’abandi. ), abaturage ba Volta (moy, loby, bobo, Senufo, nibindi) – muri Burkinafaso, Gana no mubindi bihugu. Abaturage ba Kwa barimo abantu benshi bo ku nkombe za Gineya nka Yoruba na Ibo (Nijeriya), Akan (Gana) na Ewe (Benin na Togo); hafi ya Ewe ni inyuma, batuye mu majyepfo kandi rimwe na rimwe bitwa Dahomeans; imyanya runaka yitaruye ituwe nabantu bavuga indimi (cyangwa imvugo) ya Kru. Aba ni Bakwe, Grebo, Krahn nabandi baturage baba muri Liberiya na Coryte d'Ivoire (Coryte d'Ivoire). Itsinda rya Benue-Congo ryakozwe nabantu benshi, mbere ryitirirwa umuryango wihariye wa Bantu nitsinda rya Bantu ryiburasirazuba. Abaturage ba Bantu, bahuje ibitsina mu mvugo n’umuco, batuye mu bihugu byo muri Afurika yo hagati no mu gice cy’iburasirazuba n’Amajyepfo (Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo (ahahoze ari Zayire), Angola, Tanzaniya, Mozambike, Zimbabwe, Afurika y'Epfo, n'ibindi). Bantu igabanijwe n'abahanga mu by'indimi mu matsinda 15: icya 1 – duala, lupdu, fang, n'ibindi.; Icya 2 -teke, mpongwe, kele; Icya gatatu – bangi, pgala, mongo, tetelya; Icya 4 – u Rwanda, rundi; 5 – ganda, luhya, kikuyu, kamba; 6-nyamwezi, nyatura; Icya 7 – Igiswahiri, togo, hehe; 8 – Kongo, ambundu; 9-chokwe, luena; 10-luba; 11-bemba, fipa, tonga; 12 – Malawi 13 – Yao, Makonde, Makua; 14 – ovimbundu, ambo, herero; 15 – Shona, Suto, Zulu, Spit, Swazi, nibindi
Indimi za Bantu nazo zivugwa nitsinda rya Pygmies yo mu kibaya cya Kongo (Efe, Basu A, Bambuti, nibindi), ubusanzwe itandukanijwe nkabantu batandukanye. Muri Bantus yo mu burasirazuba no hagati, ururimi rw'igiswahiri, rwagize ingaruka zigaragara z'icyarabu, rwamamaye mu myaka ya vuba aha, abayivuga ni miliyoni 60 (abaturage b'Abaswahili ni miliyoni 1.9). Adamuua, itsinda ryiburasirazuba, ririmo Azande, Cham-Ba, Banda, nabandi baba muri Sudani yo hagati nuburasirazuba.