Maleme a batho ba Afrika ya Tropical, bao ba dulago ka borwa bja lapa la Semitic-Hamitic, ga bjale gantši a kopantšwe go ba malapa a mabedi: Niger (Congo)-Kordofan le Nilo-Saharan. Sehlopha sa Niger-Kordofanian se akaretša sehlopha sa Niger-Congo – dihlopha tše ntši kudu le tše di kopanyago: West Atlantic, Mande, Volts, Kwa, Benue-Congo le Adamawa-Eastern. Batho ba Atlantic Bophirima ba akaretša batho ba bagolo ba Fulbe bao ba dulago ka dihlopha tše di aroganego mo e nyakilego go ba dinageng ka moka tša Bodikela le Bogare bja Sudan, Wolof le Serep (Senegal), le ba bangwe. ), batho ba Volta (moy, loby, bobo, Senufo, joalo-joalo) – Burkina Faso, Ghana le linaheng tse ling. Ditšhaba tša Kwa di akaretša batho ba bagolo ba lebopong la Guinea go swana le ma-Yoruba le ma-Ibo (Nigeria), ma-Akan (Ghana) le ma-Ewe (Benin le Togo); kgauswi le Baewe ke ditlogo, tšeo di dulago ka borwa gomme ka dinako tše dingwe di bitšwa ma-Dahhome; boemo bjo bo lego lekatana ka tsela e itšego bo tšewa ke batho bao ba bolelago maleme (goba dipolelo-semmotwana) tša ma-Kru. Tše ke Bakwe, Grebo, Krahn le batho ba bangwe bao ba dulago Liberia le Ivory Coast (Ivory Coast). Sehlopha se senyenyane sa Benue-Congo se bopilwe ke batho ba bantši, bao pele ba bego ba akaretša lapa le le kgethegilego la Bantu le sehlopha sa Bantu sa Bohlabela. Ditšhaba tša Bantu, tšeo di swanago kudu ka polelo le setšo, di dula dinageng tša Bogare le karolo ya Bohlabela le Borwa bja Afrika (Repabliki ya Temokrasi ya Congo (yeo pele e bego e le Zaire), Angola, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Afrika Borwa, bjalobjalo). Bantu di arotšwe ke ditsebi tša maleme ka dihlopha tše 15: 1st – duala, lupdu, fang, bjalobjalo; 2nd -teke, mpongwe, kele; 3rd – bang, pgala, mongo, tetelya; 4th – Rwanda, rundi, e lego rundi; 5th – ganda, luhya, kikuyu, kamba; 6th-nyamwezi, nyatura; 7th – Seswahili, togo, hehe; 8th – Kongo, ambundu, e lego ambundu; 9th-chokwe, luena, le ba bangwe; 10th-luba ya bo-10; 11th-bemba, fipa, tonga; 12th – Malawi 13th – Yao, Makonde, Makua; 14th – ovimbundu, ambo, mohero; 15th – Shona, Suto, Sezulu, Mathe, Swazi, bj.bj.
Maleme a Bantu a bolelwa gape ke dihlopha tša ma-Pygmy a Congo Basin (Efe, Basu A, Bambuti, bjalobjalo), gantši a hlaolwa bjalo ka batho ba aroganego. Gare ga ma-Bantus a ka bohlabela le bogareng, leleme la Seswahili, leo le bilego le tutuetšo e lemogegago ya Searabia, le atile nywageng-someng ya morago bjale, palo ya bao ba le bolelago ke dimilione tše 60 (batho ba Seswahili ba dimilione tše 1,9). Adamaua, sehlopha se senyenyane sa ka bohlabela, se akaretša ma-Azande, Cham-Ba, Banda le ba bangwe bao ba dulago Bogare le Bohlabela bja Sudan.