List of African Countries and Their Major Languages
Africa is home to more than 1,500 languages. Below is a numbered list of countries with their official and widely spoken languages.
- Algeria – Arabic, Berber (Tamazight), French
- Angola – Portuguese, Umbundu, Kikongo, Kimbundu
- Benin – French, Fon, Yoruba
- Botswana – English, Setswana
- Burkina Faso – French, Mossi, Dyula
- Burundi – Kirundi, French, English
- Cameroon – French, English, Fulfulde, Ewondo
- Cape Verde – Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole
- Central African Republic – French, Sango
- Chad – French, Arabic, Sara
- Comoros – Comorian (Shikomori), Arabic, French
- Congo (Republic) – French, Lingala, Kituba
- Congo (DRC) – French, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Tshiluba
- Côte d’Ivoire – French, Dioula, Baoulé
- Djibouti – French, Arabic, Somali, Afar
- Egypt – Arabic
- Equatorial Guinea – Spanish, French, Portuguese, Fang
- Eritrea – Tigrinya, Arabic, English
- Ethiopia – Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali
- Gabon – French, Fang, Myene
- Gambia – English, Mandinka, Wolof
- Ghana – English, Akan, Ewe, Ga
- Guinea – French, Fula, Malinke, Susu
- Guinea-Bissau – Portuguese, Crioulo
- Kenya – English, Swahili
- Lesotho – Sesotho, English
- Liberia – English, Kpelle, Bassa
- Libya – Arabic, Berber
- Madagascar – Malagasy, French
- Malawi – English, Chichewa
- Mali – French, Bambara
- Mauritania – Arabic, Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof
- Mauritius – English, French, Mauritian Creole
- Morocco – Arabic, Berber (Tamazight), French
- Mozambique – Portuguese, Makhuwa, Sena, Tsonga
- Namibia – English, Oshiwambo, Afrikaans, German
- Niger – French, Hausa, Zarma
- Nigeria – English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (500+ languages total)
- Rwanda – Kinyarwanda, French, English, Swahili
- São Tomé and Príncipe – Portuguese
- Senegal – French, Wolof, Pulaar, Serer
- Seychelles – Seychellois Creole, English, French
- Sierra Leone – English, Krio, Mende, Temne
- Somalia – Somali, Arabic
- South Africa – 11 official languages (Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Sesotho, Setswana, Sepedi, Siswati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Ndebele)
- Sudan – Arabic, English
- Eswatini (Swaziland) – Swazi (Siswati), English
- Tanzania – Swahili, English
- Togo – French, Ewe, Kabye
- Tunisia – Arabic, French
- Uganda – English, Swahili, Luganda
- Zambia – English, Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga, Lozi
- Zimbabwe – English, Shona, Ndebele
Note: Africa has thousands of local languages beyond these official and widely spoken ones. This list highlights the primary languages by country.
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