what is the major language spoken in liberia?
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More than two dozen languages are spoken in Liberia. English is the official language. Predominant languages include Kpelle, Bassa, Grebo, Dan, Kru, Mano, Loma, and Mandingo (spoken by the Malinke).
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Amharic is one of the country's principal languages and is native to the central and northwestern areas. Gurage and Hareri are spoken by relatively few people in the south and east. The most prominent Cushitic languages are Oromo, Somali, and Afar.
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With over 10 million native speakers and many more second language speakers, Shona is the principal and most widely spoken language in Zimbabwe. The nation's capital city, Harare, is also predominately Shona speaking.
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Grenadian Creole English. Grenadian Creole English is a Creole language spoken in Grenada.
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Swahili is the most spoken language in Africa, with over 100 million speakers. It is a Bantu language believed to have originated from other languages, mainly Arabic, due to historical interactions between Arabs from the Middle East and East Africans.
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Ghana is a multilingual country in which about eighty languages are spoken. Of these, English, which was inherited from the colonial era, is the official language and lingua franca. Of the languages indigenous to Ghana, Akan is the most widely spoken.
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Niger has 11 official languages, with French being the official language and Hausa the most spoken language. Depending on how they are counted, Niger has between 8 and 20 indigenous languages.
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['Swahili: Swahili, known as Kiswahili in the native tongue, is a Bantu language spoken by some 150 million Africans in the African Great Lakes region in Central and Southern Africa. ... ', 'Arabic: ... ', 'French: ... ', 'Hausa: ... ', 'Yoruba: ... ', 'Oromo: ... ', 'Igbo: ... ', 'Amharic:']
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The Republic of Guinea is a multilingual country, with over 40 languages spoken. The official language is French, which was inherited from colonial rule.
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['1 SWAHILI. Swahili is the most spoken language in Africa, with over 100 million speakers. ... ', '2 AMHARIC. ... ', '3 YORUBA. ... ', '4 OROMO. ... ', '5 HAUSA. ... ', '6 IGBO. ... ', '7 ZULU. ... ', '8 SHONA.']
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The Republic of Liberia is divided into 15 first-order administrative divisions (ADM1s), known as counties. These are sub-divided into 136 districts (ADM2s), at second-order level. There have been no ADM1 changes in Liberia since River Gee and Gbarpolu were created in 2000 and 20031 respectively.
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Languages with statutory recognition are Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu, and Papua New Guinean Sign Language. Tok Pisin, an English-based creole, is the most widely spoken, serving as the country's lingua franca.
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Of the 890 million Africans (as of 2005), about 17% speak an Arabic dialect. About 10% speak Swahili, the lingua franca of Southeastern Africa, about 5% speak a Berber dialect, and about 5% speak Hausa, a West African lingua franca. Other important West African languages are Yoruba, Igbo and Fula.
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The three remaining major languages of Subsaharan Africa are Swahili, Lingala, and Zulu. Colonial activity changed much of how the African countries operated economically, socially, and politically. Language is one aspect of culture that indicates a colonial relationship.
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In the country that is now called Guyana, English is currently the official national language. However, local variants of English-Creole are the most widely spoken. Dutch language influences are still visible in the streetscape.
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['Hamitic (Berber, Cushitic) + Semitic (Ethiopian, Arabic)', 'Hausa (Chadic)', 'Bantu.', '"Guinean" (Volta-Niger, Kwa, Kru)', '"Western Bantoid" (Atlantic)', '"Central Bantoid" (Gur, Senufo)', '"Eastern Bantoid" (Southern Bantoid)', 'Mande.']
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Hausa was an official language of the northern states from 1951 to 1967. It is the most widely spoken language, although English is the official language of Nigeria. In addition to English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, and English Creole are widely spoken. Many of the languages exist in written form.