<Table> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Family </Th> <Th> Native speakers (L1) </Th> <Th> Official status per country </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Afrikaans </Td> <Td> Indo - European </Td> <Td> 7,200,000 </Td> <Td> Namibia, South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Akan </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 11,000,000 </Td> <Td> None . Government sponsored language of Ghana </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Amharic </Td> <Td> Afroasiatic </Td> <Td> 21,800,000 </Td> <Td> Ethiopia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arabic </Td> <Td> Afroasiatic </Td> <Td> 150,000,000 but with separate mutually unintelligible varieties </Td> <Td> Algeria, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Berber </Td> <Td> Afroasiatic </Td> <Td> 56,000,000 (estimated) (including separate unintelligible varieties) </Td> <Td> Morocco, Algeria </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chewa </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 9,700,000 </Td> <Td> Malawi, Zimbabwe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Indo - European </Td> <Td> 6,500,000 (estimated) </Td> <Td> see List of territorial entities where English is an official language </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French </Td> <Td> Indo - European </Td> <Td> 700,330 (estimated) </Td> <Td> see List of territorial entities where French is an official language </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fulani </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 25,000,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> German </Td> <Td> Indo - European </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> national language of Namibia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gikuyu </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 6,600,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hausa </Td> <Td> Afroasiatic </Td> <Td> 34,000,000 </Td> <Td> Nigeria, Niger </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Igbo </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 18,000,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kinyarwanda </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 9,800,000 </Td> <Td> Rwanda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kirundi </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 8,800,000 </Td> <Td> Burundi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kongo </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 5,600,000 </Td> <Td> recognised national language of Angola </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lingala </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 5,500,000 </Td> <Td> national language of Democratic Republic of the Congo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Luganda </Td> <Td> Niger - Congo </Td> <Td> 4,130,000 </Td> <Td> native language of Uganda </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Luo </Td> <Td> Nilo - Saharan (probable) </Td> <Td> 4,200,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malagasy </Td> <Td> Austronesian </Td> <Td> 18,000,000 </Td> <Td> Madagascar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mauritian Creole </Td> <Td> Indo - European </Td> <Td> 1,135,000 </Td> <Td> native language of Mauritius </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mossi </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 7,600,000 </Td> <Td> Recognised regional language in Burkina Faso </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ndebele </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 1,090,000 </Td> <Td> Statutory national language in South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Northern Sotho </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 4,600,000 </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oromo </Td> <Td> Afroasiatic </Td> <Td> 26,000,000 </Td> <Td> Ethiopia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Portuguese </Td> <Td> Indo - European </Td> <Td> 13,700,000 (estimated) </Td> <Td> Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea - Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sesotho </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 5,600,000 </Td> <Td> Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shona </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 14,200,000 incl . Manyika, Ndau (2000--2006) </Td> <Td> Zimbabwe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Somali </Td> <Td> Afroasiatic </Td> <Td> 16,600,000 </Td> <Td> Somalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spanish </Td> <Td> Indo - European </Td> <Td> 4,101,590 </Td> <Td> Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Swahili </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 15,000,000 </Td> <Td> official in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda national language of Democratic Republic of Congo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tigrinya </Td> <Td> Afroasiatic </Td> <Td> 7,000,000 </Td> <Td> Eritrea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tshiluba </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 6,300,000 (1991) </Td> <Td> national language of Democratic Republic of the Congo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tswana </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 5,800,000 </Td> <Td> South Africa, Botswana </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Umbundu </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 6,000,000 </Td> <Td> recognised national language of Angola </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Xhosa </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 7,600,000 </Td> <Td> South Africa, Zimbabwe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Yoruba </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 28,000,000 </Td> <Td> Nigeria, Benin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Zulu </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 10,400,000 </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Family </Th> <Th> Native speakers (L1) </Th> <Th> Official status per country </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Afrikaans </Td> <Td> Indo - European </Td> <Td> 7,200,000 </Td> <Td> Namibia, South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Akan </Td> <Td> Niger--Congo </Td> <Td> 11,000,000 </Td> <Td> None . Government sponsored language of Ghana </Td> </Tr>

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