**3.1 Emerging languages from African-Arabic Trade**

The Trans-Saharan Trade started long Before Christ. The trade links ushered in the use of Arabic. Arabic led to the extinction of some languages. However, it became a more widely used language with the spread of Islam in Northern Africa toward the Sahelien and coastal areas of Sub-Sahara Africa including Cameroon. Arabic is the dominant language used amongst Islamic believers and converts. The Hausa and Fulbe languages were spread during the Islamic raids orchestrated on the people of Northern Cameroon during the Kanem Borno Empire. It also led to the influx of people from North Western Africa mainly the Hausa and Fulani from Northern Nigeria and Fouta regions of Guinea and Senegal.
