Saturday, May 19, 2018

African Languages

Many languages are spoken in Africa. It has the greatest linguistic diversity in the world with over 1500 languages. These include Arabic, English, French and Portuguese. However, a number of languages native to Africa are also widely-spoken.

A few widely-spoken native languages of Africa are Swahili, Amharic, Yoruba, Hausa, Zulu and Shona. Swahili is official in Kenya and Tanzania, and Amharic is official in Ethiopia. Yoruba and Hausa are official in Nigeria. Zulu is an official language of South Africa and Shona is widely-spoken in Zimbabwe.

Africa is the continent which has the greatest linguistic diversity. In addition to colonial languages such as Arabic, English and French, many native languages of Africa are also widely-spoken. Swahili and Amharic are two native African languages with many speakers.




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