The Languages of Africa

Africa: 30 million square kilometres, over 1000 languages and dialects.

The main languages of Africa and the number of users:

• Arabic (225 mln)
• Xhosa (7,9 mln)
• Malinke (2,8 mln)
• Swahili (40 mln)
• Kinyarwanda (7,5 mln)
• Bambara (2,7 mln)
• Oromo (25 mln)
• Ciluba (6,3 mln)
• Diula (2,7 mln)
• Hausa (24 mln)
• Afrikaans (6 mln)
• lingala (2 mln)
• Amharic (21 mln)
• Sesotho (6 mln)
• Siswati (2 mln)
• Joruba (20 mln)
• Tigrinia (5,8 mln)
• Venda (870 k)
• Igbo (18 mln)
• Tswana (4,5 mln)
• Ndebele South (640 k)
• Malagasy (16 mln)
• Sepedi (4,1 mln)
• Nyanja (500 k)
• Fula (13 mln)
• Wolof (3,7 mln)
• Sodo (65 k)
• Zulu (12 mln)
• Tsonga (3,3 mln)
• Geez (3000 persons)
• Shona (11 mln)
• Ewe (3 mln)

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