Languages of Africa Flashcards
1
Q
Algeria
A
Arabic
Tamazight (Berber)
2
Q
Angola
A
Portuguese
3
Q
Benin
A
French
4
Q
Botswana
A
English
Tswana
5
Q
Burkina Faso
A
French
6
Q
Burundi
A
Kirundi
French
English
7
Q
Cameroon
A
English
French
8
Q
Cape Verde
A
Portuguese
9
Q
Central African Republic
A
French
Sango
10
Q
Chad
A
Arabic
French
11
Q
Comoros
A
Comorian
Arabic
French
12
Q
Democratic Republic of the Congo
A
French
13
Q
Republic of the Congo
A
French
14
Q
Djibouti
A
French
Arabic
Somali
15
Q
Egypt
A
Arabic
16
Q
Equatorial Guinea
A
French
Portuguese
Spanish
17
Q
Eritrea
A
Tigrinya (de facto)
Arabic (de facto)
English (de facto)
18
Q
Ethiopia
A
Amharic
19
Q
Gabon
A
Fang (national)
French (lingua franca)
20
Q
Gambia
A
English
21
Q
Ghana
A
English
22
Q
Guinea
A
French
23
Q
Guinea-Bissau
A
Portuguese
24
Q
Cote D’Ivoire
A
French
25
Kenya
Swahili
| English
26
Lesotho
Sesotho
| English
27
Liberia
English
28
Libya
Arabic
29
Madagascar
Malagasy
| French
30
Malawi
English
| Chichewa
31
Mali
French
32
Mauritania
Arabic
33
Mauritius
English (de facto)
French ( de facto)
Mauritian Creole (vernacular)
34
Morocco
Arabic
| Berber
35
Mozambique
Portuguese
36
Namibia
English
37
Niger
French
38
Nigeria
English
39
Rwanda
Kinyarwanda
Swahili
English
French
40
São Tomé and Príncipe
Portuguese
41
Senegal
French
| Wolof (lingua franca)
42
Seychelles
English
French
Seychellois Creole
43
Sierra Leone
English (de facto)
44
Somalia
Somali
| Arabic
45
South Africa
```
Zulu
Xhosa
Afrikaans
English
Northern Sotho
Tswana
Southern Sotho
Tsonga
Swazi
Venda
Southern Ndebele
```
46
South Sudan
English
47
Sudan
Arabic
| English
48
Eswatini
Swazi
| English
49
Tanzania
Swahili (national)
English (vernacular)
Bantu (vernacular)
50
Togo
French
51
Tunisia
Arabic
52
Uganda
English
| Swahili
53
Zambia
English
54
Zimbabwe
```
Chewa
Chibarwe
English
Kalanga
Khoisan
Nambya
Ndau
Ndebele
Shangani
Shona
Sign language
Sotho
Tonga
Tswana
Venda
Xhosa
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