what are the major languages spoken in africa?
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Arabic, Somali, Berber, Amharic, Oromo, Igbo, Swahili, Hausa, Manding, Fulani and Yoruba are spoken by tens of millions of people. Twelve dialect clusters (which may group up to a hundred linguistic varieties) are spoken by 75 percent, and fifteen by 85 percent, of Africans as a first or additional language.
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Millions of people speak Swahili, Somali, Arabic, Amharic, Berber, Oromo, Hausa, Yoruba, Mandingo, Igbo, and Fulani. If one were to group similar languages, fifteen of these groups – sometimes comprising hundreds of individual languages – are spoken by 85% of Africans as a native language or second language.
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Other important West African languages are Yoruba, Igbo and Fula. Major Horn of Africa languages are Somali, Amharic and Oromo.
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The Atlantic family, generally found in the western half of the country, contains the languages most widely spoken in Senegal—Wolof, Serer, Fula, and Diola. Mande languages are found in the eastern half and include Bambara, Malinke, and Soninke.
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While Arabic is the most spoken language in Africa, there's plenty more – other popular languages include Amharic, Berber, Portuguese, Oromo, Igbo, Yoruba, Zulu and Shona.
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['Arabic in all Sudan, along with the tribal languages. ... ', 'Nubian language in far north, mainly spoken by Nubians of Mahas, Dongola and Halfa.', 'Dinka language in South Sudan.']
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The country's main languages are Shona, spoken by roughly 70% of the population, and Ndebele, spoken by roughly 20%. English is the country's lingua franca, used in government and business and as the main medium of instruction in schools.
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Ivory Coast (French: Côte d'Ivoire) is a multilingual country with an estimated 78 languages currently spoken. The official language, French, was introduced during the colonial period. This language is taught in schools and serves as a lingua franca in the country, along with Dioula.
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According to Ethnologue, there are a total of 68 languages spoken in Kenya. This variety is a reflection of the country's diverse population that includes most major ethnoracial and linguistic groups found in Africa (see Languages of Africa).
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The most spoken language in Africa is Swahili which is said to have over 100 million speakers. Known as a 'Bantu' language, Swahili apparently originated from other languages like Arabic.
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In West Africa, English is the primary language of many countries. Nations like Nigeria, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana speak it officially. Yoruba is considered one of the most widespread Nigerian languages as it has 20 million estimated speakers across Africa, according to Buzz Nigeria.
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Yes! Eleven lingos! These eleven official languages are Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, isiZulu, isiXhosa, isiSwati, isiNdebele, tshiVenda, xiTsonga, English and Afrikaans. Check the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, these are the ONLY official languages in this country.
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Language data for Nigeria. Nigeria is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, with over 500 languages spoken. The official language is English, but it is spoken less frequently in rural areas and amongst people with lower education levels.
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The official language is English, but it is spoken less frequently in rural areas and amongst people with lower education levels. Other major languages spoken include: Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulfulde, Ibibio, Kanuri, and Tiv.
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There are an estimated 2,000 languages spoken in Africa. The American linguist Joseph Greenberg argued that they fall into six major linguistic families: Afroasiatic stretches from North Africa to the Horn of Africa and Southwest Asia.
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Afroasiatic languages are spoken throughout North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia and parts of the Sahel. There are approximately 375 Afroasiatic languages spoken by over 400 million people. The main subfamilies of Afroasiatic are Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Omotic, Egyptian and Semitic.