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Originally posted on February 28, 2021 @ 5:38 pm

By | Updated on April 14, 2024

Reviewed by Rittika

List of official African languages in alphabetical order.

• Arabic
  Algeria
• Portuguese
  Angola
• French
  Benin
• English
  Botswana
• French
  Burkina Faso
• Kirundi
  Burundi
• French, English
  Cameroon
• Portuguese
  Cape Verde
• Sango
  Central African Republic
• Standard Arabic
  Chad
• Spanish
  Chile
• Comorian
  Comoros
• Kituba and Lingala
  Republic of Congo
• French
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Afar
  Djibouti
• Arabic
  Egypt
• French
  Equatorial Guinea
• Tigrinya, Tigre, and Arabic
  Eritrea
• Swazi
  Eswatini (Swaziland)
• Amharic
  Ethiopia
• French
  Gabon
• Mandinka and Wolof
  The Gambia
• Akan, English
  Ghana
• French
  Guinea
• Portuguese
  Guinea-Bissau
• French
  Côte d’Ivoire
• Swahili
  Kenya
• Sesotho
  Lesotho
• English
  Liberia
• Arabic
  Libya
• Malagasy
  Madagascar
• Chewa
  Malawi
• French
  Mali
• French, and Arabic
  Mauritania
• Mauritian Creole
  Mauritius
• Arabic and Berber
  Morocco
• Swahili, Mwani, Chewa, and Tsonga
  Mozambique
• Oshiwambo
  Namibia
• Arabic, Buduma, Fulfulde, Gourmanchéma, and Hausa
  Niger
• Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba
  Nigeria
• Kinyarwanda
  Rwanda
• English
  Sao Tome and Principe
• French
  Senegal
• Seychellois, Creole, English and French
  Seychelles
• Mende, Temne, Krio, Limba, and Bengali (Honorary)
  Sierra Leone
• Somali
  Somalia
• Arabic
  Somaliland
• Afrikaans, English, Venda, and Zulu
  South Africa
• Dinka, Nuer, Bari, and Zande
  South Sudan
• Arabic
  Sudan
• Swahili
  National symbols of tanzania
• French
  Togo
• Arabic
  Tunisia
• Swahili
  Uganda
• English
  Zambia
• Shona, English, and Ndebele
  Zimbabwe