19 Beautiful Africa Language Map

November 10, 2018

Africa Language Map languages of Africa are divided into six major language families Afroasiatic languages are spread throughout Western Asia North Africa the Horn of Africa and parts of the Sahel Austronesian languages are spoken in Madagascar Indo European languages are spoken in South Africa and Namibia Afrikaans English German and are used as lingua francas in the former colonies of Britain Language groups Language in Africa Linguistic features Number of speakers Africa Language Map exploringafrica matrix msu edu map 1 african languagesMap 1 found below has listed up to three of the most widely spoken languages in each African country If you think back to Module 5 you will remember that these are only a few of the over 1000 languages spoken in Africa

africa facts Culture SWAHILI Swahili is the most spoken language in Africa with over 100 million speakers It is a AMHARIC Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia and is the second most spoken language in YORUBA Yoruba is one of West Africa s most spoken languages accounting for over 30 million OROMO Oromo is spoken by over 30 million people in the Horn of Africa particularly in Ethiopia See all full list on africa facts Africa Language Map A language map of Africa Contributor Names Ravenstein Ernest George 1834 1913 Cust Robert Needham 1821 1909 languages map continent The principle languages on the continent are Arabic French and English thanks to colonisation but the most common African languages are Swahili Amharic Yoruba and Oromo Swahili is the most spoken language with over 100 million speakers and is the official language of Tanzania Kenya and Uganda but is also spoken in Rwanda Burundi

African languages are considered official languages of the African Union Map showing the distribution of African language families and some major African languages map based on a map made by Mark Dingemanse Africa Language Map languages map continent The principle languages on the continent are Arabic French and English thanks to colonisation but the most common African languages are Swahili Amharic Yoruba and Oromo Swahili is the most spoken language with over 100 million speakers and is the official language of Tanzania Kenya and Uganda but is also spoken in Rwanda Burundi nalrc indiana edu images afmap index htmlAfrican Languages Map NALRC Indiana University