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There are 54 countries and and about 1.11 billion people in Africa. Many factors influence the reason there are so many languages. As in other parts of the world, different countries speak different languages. Many people came to Africa to colonise it, bringing new languages. There are many tribes in Africa, many having their own languages or dialects of languages. For these and many other reasons, many languages have developed in Africa.

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Mainly because countries from Europe colonised parts of Africa, bringing their own languages with them. Many Africans also learn European languages as they are international languages so they are useful to them in many ways.

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Different African countries have been conquered and colonized by:

  1. England
  2. France
  3. Portugal
  4. Spain
  5. the Netherlands


For this reason, you'll find the following languages, which are remnants of colonialism:

  1. English
  2. French
  3. Portuguese
  4. Spanish
  5. Afrikaans (evolved from Dutch)
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Due to previous colonisation, mainly by the English, Dutch, French and Portuguese

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This is due to thousands of years of isolation between tribal groups.

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West Africa was heavily colonized by European countries, all of which imposed their languages on the people living in West Africa.

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both France and England had conquered parts of Africa.

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Because of the 800 different ethnic groups

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Because European powers colonized Africa and made their languages the official languages of the colonized areas.

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There are many African countries where English or French are widely spoken.

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