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Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by Hammefeez: 2:54pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
Africa is second largest and second most populous continent in the world with a total population of 1.111 billion. African languages belong to one of the four language families: Afroasiatic, Nilo- Saharan, Niger-Congo and Khoisan. Around 2,000 languages are spoken in Africa. Nigeria alone has 250 languages, one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The people of this large continent also use a wide variety of sign languages. Here are the top 10 most spoken languages in Africa. 10) Zulu (Speakers in Africa: More than 10 million) Zulu (IsiZulu) is used in the Eastern part of South Africa. Its tongue clicks are unique. The language is written with Latin characters. It is used widely in the South African media. According to Ethnologue, Zulu is the second most spoken Bantu language after Shona. 9) Amharic (Speakers in Africa: 18.7 million) Amharic is the second most spoken Semitic language (after Arabic) in the world. It is the official working language of Ethiopia. Outside Ethiopia, Amharic is the language of around 2.7 million emigrants. More than 18.7 million people speak Amharic in Africa. 8 ) Igbo (Speakers in Africa: More than 24 million) Igbo is the native language of the Igbo people. There are more than 20 dialects of this language. They are all written in Latin characters. It is a tonal language. 7 ) Yoruba (Speakers in Africa: More than 30 million) Many people in Nigeria speak Yoruba. The language is also widely used in Togo and Benin. It is a varying tonal language written in mostly Latin letters. 6 ) Oromo (Speakers in Africa: More than 30 million) Many people residing in the Horn of Africa speak Oromo, a Cushitic language. It is not the official language of any nation. You will find people who speak this language in Ethiopia, Somalia, Egypt and Kenya. 5 ) Hausa (Speakers in Africa: More than 50 million) Many people in the Western, Northern and Central Africa use this language. Hausa belongs to the West Chadic languages subgroup of the Chadic languages group. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Hausa has between 23 and 25 consonant phonemes. 4 ) French (Speakers in Africa: More than 90 million) French is one of the very few languages spoken all over the world. Many countries in Africa were colonized by France. Because of this, more than 90 million people in this continent can speak French. In nations like Morocco, Algeria, Senegal and Rwanda, French is used commonly insociety. 3 ) Swahili (Kiswahili) (Speakers in Africa: More than 100 million) The Swahili language or Kiswahili is the official language of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. It is a Bantu language and the mother tongue of the Swahili people. Many communities in Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Mozambique, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo speak Swahili. 2) Arabic (Speakers in Africa: More than 100 million) Arabic is the most widespread official language in the African continent. It is the official language of Algeria, Mauritania, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt. Arabic is the co- official language of Morocco, Eritrea, Somalia, Chad, Sudan, Djibouti and Western Sahara. 1) English (Speakers in Africa: Around 700 million) In Africa, English is the primary language of Botswana, Cameroon, Rwanda, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana. In South Africa, it is given official status with 10 other languages. Most of the people speaking several African Languages also speaks French and English as official Language. ..... www.africaranking.com/most-spoken-languages-in-africa/ |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by millhouse: 3:27pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
Where is3,2,1? |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by Hammefeez: 3:34pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by Flashh: 4:08pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
(op). You missed road. This ought to be in Culture, not Politics Section. 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by Flashh: 4:09pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
Nice info. |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by Blackfire(m): 4:10pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
Am so happy to be an igbo+ yoruba guy who speaks French and English languages... *walking majestically* 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by mandarin: 4:26pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
Languages of African origin is in this order: 1. Swahili 2.Hausa 3. Yoruba 4. Oromo 5. Igbo |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by Nobody: 4:59pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
igbo shouldn't be on d list..cuz is being spoken by strictly igbo people...my view though. |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by Abayor7: 5:18pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
English - 1 Sorry bro, Arabic is the most spoken Language in Africa! |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by ki02020(m): 5:20pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
Omo yoruba ni mi ooo....swagger |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by ki02020(m): 5:23pm On Apr 17, 2016 |
Abayor7: Am sure you got that info from that manner less station called eTV |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by chijiblaze(m): 5:06pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
Hammefeez: Only indigenous African languages please. Remove English, French, and Arabic igbo shouldn't be on d list..cuz is being spoken by strictly igbo people...my view though. What makes you think so? How many other people speak Zulu/ IsiZulu? Where else except in Ethiopia is Oromo spoken? How many people in West Africa speak Swahili? Or Hausa in east Africa? |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by Nobody: 5:32pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
chowlade: I don't know why anything Igbo drives people like you bonkers. Can't you mind your business and let us live in peace?? 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by ArmedRobber: 5:35pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
Igbo should not make the list cos there re no indeginous igbos anywhere in africa apart from Nigeria |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by ArmedRobber: 5:39pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
This is just a blogger list trying to play safe. |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by trapQ: 5:41pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
Oo |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by walemoney007(m): 5:42pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
chowlade:people making stupid and senseless comment like this,,are the problem of nairaland and Nigeria |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by walemoney007(m): 5:44pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
ArmedRobber:where do dumb people like you come out from? Do you know the population of ibos in Nigeria alone |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by ArmedRobber: 5:45pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
walemoney007:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Africa Cure ur ignorance there not this blogger list |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by ArmedRobber: 5:55pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
Hammefeez: Remove this blogger list and post from the right source ,igbo is not among the major language spoken in africa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Africa About a hundred of the languages of Africa are widely used for inter-ethnic communication. Arabic, Somali, Berber, Amharic, Oromo, Swahili, Hausa, Manding, Fulani and Yoruba are spoken by tens of millions of people. If clusters of up to a hundred similar languages are counted together, twelve are spoken by 75 percent, and fifteen by 85 percent, of Africans as a first or additional language.[3] The high linguistic diversity of many African countries (Nigeria alone has over 500 languages |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by GuyWise(m): 5:56pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
I can see the oblong coneheaded animals raising their heads and disgracefully self-servicing themselves just because the op mentioned the great nation"IGBO in his post...... chai it really bad to be an afonja......*spits* |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by ArmedRobber: 6:05pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
GuyWise: OSU Igbo afonja is a warriors name Igbo is not among major languages in africa The list is compiled by a blogger Check the top ten here from the real source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Africa |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by ArmedRobber: 6:07pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
chijiblaze: Oga that is a blogger list Check the list from the real source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Africa |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by ArmedRobber: 6:07pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
chijiblaze: Oga that is a blogger list igbo is not among top ten Check the list from the real source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Africa |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by omoelesa(m): 6:09pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
Why must landlock ibo, be on the list? |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by GuyWise(m): 6:18pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
ArmedRobber:You are a fool...so you don't know the history of the coward human-animal called Afonja . ..Afonja was a foolish human being so you behaving like him are equally an afonja IGBO'S don't have anything in common with you people, stop masturbating and headaching on their issue. *get that into ur oblong conehead* |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by ArmedRobber: 6:21pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
GuyWise: Afonja died as a warrior Ojukwu Died as a coward#FACT |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In Africa by omoelesa(m): 6:33pm On Sep 06, 2016 |
ArmedRobber:See upper cut. |
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