There are many major languages spoken in Africa. However, the language spoken depends on the region and country. Some major languages on the continent include Arabic, Somali, Berber, Amharic, as well as Swahili.
There are over 2100 different languages spoken in Africa. Here are the 10 most common:
Here is a partial list of nearly 1000 indigenous and common languages in Africa (there may be duplicates on this list because some languages have more than one name:
Africa is the 2nd largest continent in the world with over 50 countries. Each country speaks a different language (or a number of them).
The vast history of linguistics in Africa is fascinating. Many languages are spoken throughout the continent of Africa. There are geographic/ethnic groups of languages (e.g., Bantu, Arabic, etc.); there are numerous regional languages (e.g., Swahili, Lingappa, Afrikaans, etc.); there are local dialects of regional languages.
Due to the influx of Europeans over the last several centuries, there are also European languages spoken (e.g., French, English, Portuguese, etc.). In addition, there is incorporation of European words and phrases into most regional languages.
There are over 2000 languages/ dialects on the African Continent. Africa is not one single country with one single language!
A few examples are:
The most widely used language in Africa is Arabic.
Africans speak many different languages, there isn't a thing like an African language.
There are an estimated 2,000 languages spoken in Africa, in six major linguistic families:
Berber, Igbo, Hausa, Swahili, Amharic, Yoruba, Arabic , and etc
some languages are whistled instead of spoken
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Africa
I assume you mean Africa. This is a very general question, there are approximately 1,500 languages spoken in Africa, they can be grouped as follows:
- Afroasiatic stretches from North Africa to the Horn of Africa and Southwest Asia
- Nilo-Saharan is centered on Sudan and Chad
- Niger-Congo covers West, Central, and Southeast Africa
- Khoe is concentrated in the deserts of Namibia and Botswana
- Austronesian on Madagascar.
- Indo-European on the Southern tip of the continent.
Some of the most widespread languages are Berber, Arabic, Igbo, Swahili, Hausa, Amharic, and Yoruba.
Source: Wikipedia.
Out of interest, I would like to add that English and French are spoken in many areas, where former British or French colonies were established. Afrikaans, a very particular language based on Dutch but with many other influences (including English, Portuguese and local African dialects) is spoken in South Africa and neighboring countries.
There are estimations of up to 3000 different languages spoken in Africa, a continent of 54 countries and over 1.1 billion people. Here are just 5 of those languages:
Chichewa
Amharic
Sepedi
Sango
Kirundi
The continent of Africa has no one main language. More than 1500 languages are spoken there.
Some examples are traditional Bantu languages such as isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sotho, Yoruba, etc. Also French, English, Arabic & Kiswahili, Potuguese
Kiswahili (Swahili) is a mixture of Arabic and African languages.
There is one language that is mostly spoken is called affrican language.... other africans speak english.... 90% speak affrican only 10% speak english.. that is why africans primary language is 90%
Oromo, Somali,Zulu,Afrikaans(related to Dutch), English, French, Portugeese, Kiswahili,Hausa,Amharic
There are over 2000 languages and dialects in Africa and 54 independant nations; there is no one single official lanuage.
The continent of Africa consists of 54 nations and 9 territories, with about 1.1 BILLION people. There are an estimated TWO THOUSAND different languages and dialects spoken there.
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they speak 15 different languages in Africa. ARABIC, PORTUGESE, FRENCH, ENGLISH, SETSWANA, KIRUNDI,SPANISH, AMHARIC, SWAHILI, SESOTHO, MALAGSY, CHICHEWA, KINYARWANDA, SOMALI, AND AFRICAANS.
Africa is a very large continent with too many languages to mention here. South Africa alone has 11 official languages and many more unofficial ones.
English is spoken pretty much everywhere in Africa, with French being the second most popular language. The best thing to do would be to search for the languages spoken in a specific African country, since most African countries have more than one official language.
Different countries in Africa have different official language. However English has become the most popular second language for most countries and this would therefore make English the most popular language. Basically if you can speak English, you can now communicate anywhere in the world.
there are alot, mwambi is common I suggest Mwambi is a figment of the imagination.....a reasonable list would be Arabic, Swahili, Hausa, Berber, Oromo, Zulu, Somali, Yoruba, Igbo, Amharic, Shona, Bambara, Twi, Ibibio, Fula, Afrikaans Linaga, Chichewa, Xhosa, Kiraranda, Congo, Tigrinya, Gbe, Tshilba, Wolof, Gikuyu, More, Kirundi, Luhya, Sotho. Twana, Kanuri, Umbundu and Northern Sotho .
English.
most arbic
but not all Africa
Wa-Swahili, a language frequently used for inter-ethnic communication.
Some of them are:
Egyptian
Arabic
Afrikaans
English
French
Flemish
German
There is no dominant language in the continent of Africa because there are more than 2,000 native languages spoken in Africa by many tribes and there are colonial official languages spoken in Africa and the most dominant are English & french depending in what African country but in majority of African countries native languages are the primary languages spoken in a daily basis but they also know how to speak English, French, Portuguese and etc (depending on the country) due to it being official languages because of the colonization past of Africa.
Although that is the case certain parts of Africa speak the same languages in different tribes and more than one country.
In North Africa Arabic is the common native language spoken in all the seven countries of that region and most of the countries of that region have french as a official language there.
In most of East Africa, Swahili is the the major language spoken by most tribes there or that region, and four countries(Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo) of that region have that native language as a official language(but that is not the only native language spoken in that region).
In other parts of Africa though like West, Central, & Southern Africa there is no common language spoken in all those regions or within those regions, especially in West Africa. The language spoken in one country of a specific region is different from Another Country in that same region, besides native languages there are other languages spoken like official languages like English or french for example (although that's the case almost all Africans regardless of what part they are from speak more than 2 languages from their country).
In conclusion though there is no direct dominant language spoken in Africa (like it is in South America where majority of the countries speak Spanish) but when it comes to official languages spoken in African countries, well in general the most dominant official languages that African children have to learn when young at school besides their parents native language is either English, French, other or a combination.
The continent of Africa has no one main language. More than 1500 languages are spoken there.
There is no single language of Africa. Africa is a hughe continent in which hundresd of languages are spoken.
There are more than 1500 languages spoken in Africa. The most widely spoken languages are Swahli, Arabic, French, and English.
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Arabic, Xhosa, Zulu, Shona, Ndabele, Kikuyu etc..
As well as European lanuages such as French, Portugese, Dutch and English
there is no dominant language each country has its own , different ethnic groups.
There are hundreds of languages spoken in Africa.
Many countries in Africa have English as their official language. But there are many different languages spoken within the various regions.
You cannot simply say "African people" since Africa is a continent and contains many "people" of different tribes in many countries.
In the majority of these countries, you can hear and understand English, French, Portugese, Spanish, Arabic and literally hundreds of native, tribal languages and dialects.
For instance, in the city of Accra, Ghana West Africa the official language of the country, English is spoken, but also Twi, Ga and Fante, Ewe and a mix of two or all of those called Pidgin English.
By most estimates, well over 1500 languages (UNESCO has estimated around two thousand) are spoken in Africa and double the number of dialects. Most of those languages are spoken amongst small amounts of people, at a tribal level, which accounts for so many languages. Then there are the larger languages that are spoken across the continent by millions of people.
Nigeria has more than 500 languages. Cameroon has 278. South Africa has 31, including 11 official languages.
There are several major language families in Africa:
actually that's incorrect Portuguese is not speaken in Africa its speakin in Asia ans south America the top 3 is 1. English, 2.yuraba, 3. gangbe
Sorry but Portuguese is spoken in Africa in Angola and Mozambique two former Portuguese colonies.
There are thousands of languages spoken in Africa, but among the most widely spoken are Arabic, English, French, Swahili, Berber, and Hausa.
There are several differnet groups that involve hundreds of languages.
The languages of Africa are classified into at least five groups:
- Afro-Asiatic languages are spoken along North Africa (e.g. Arabic, Chadic, etc.)
- Nilo-Saharan languages are spoken along the Nile
- Niger-Congo languages are spoken in West Africa (and includes the Bantu languages)
- Khoisan languages are spoken in southern Africa
- Creoles are very common in Africa, which are languages that evolved from pidgins combining elements of African languages and at least one other usually European language (e.g. English)
- Afrikaans is an unusual example of a non-Creole Indo-European language descended from Dutch but that is spoken only in Africa
Africans also use many non-African languages as official languages (e.g. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.).
There are many languages in Africa. In Nigeria alone,there are three main ones-Yoruba,Hausa and Igbo
Overally, the most widely spoken languages in Africa are:
No it is not true. There are hundreds of different languages in Africa. It is a huge continent with over 50 countries.
Arabic, Xhosa, Zulu, Shona, Ndabele, Kikuyu etc..
As well as European lanuages such as French, Portugese, Dutch and English
There are more than 1500 different languages spoken on the continent of Africa. The most widely spoken languages are: Arabic, English, French, and Swahili.
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