Statistics for Official and Regional Languages of Africa on a Map

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Answer Stats

FamilyL1L2Language% Correct
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic197 mil21 milArabic
98%
(Indo-European)
Romance
810 k140 milFrench
95%
(Indo-European)
Germanic
24 mil256 milEnglish
93%
Dutch Creole7.2 mil10 milAfrikaans
92%
(Indo-European)
Romance
18 mil24 milPortuguese
91%
(Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic21 milSomali
90%
(Indo-European)
Romance
2.1 milSpanish
89%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu20 mil60 milSwahili
87%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu12 mil16 milZulu
83%
(Afro-Asiatic) Berber23 milTamazight
79%
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic32 mil57 milAmharic
73%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu8.7 mil11 milXhosa
73%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Volta-Niger
40 milIgbo
67%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu6.5 mil5.0 milKikongo
66%
(Austronesian)
Malayo-Polynesian
25 milMalagasy
66%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Volta-Niger
50 mil5.0 milYoruba
61%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu5.6 mil7.9 milSotho
58%
(Indo-European)
Romance
6.5 kItalian
53%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu5.2 mil7.7 milTswana
52%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu9.8 milKinyarwanda
51%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu11 milKirundi
49%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu2.3 mil2.4 milSwazi
49%
(Afro-Asiatic) Chadic51 mil26 milHausa
48%
French Creole1.1 mil200 kMorisien
47%
(Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic37 milOromo
46%
French Creole73 kSeychellois Creole
44%
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic9.8 milTigrinya
43%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.2 milComorian
35%
Portuguese Creole871 kCape Verdean Creole
33%
(Atlantic-Congo) Kwa745 kGa
33%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu2.5 milNdebele
31%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.1 mil1.4 milSouthern Ndebele
31%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Senegambian
5.4 milWolof
31%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Senegambian
25 milFula
30%
(Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic2.5 milAfar
29%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Volta-Niger
600 kGen
28%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu4.7 mil9.1 milNorthern Sotho
27%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu7.5 milShona
27%
(Atlantic-Congo) Kwa11 mil9.3 milAkan
26%
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic1.0 milTigre
26%
(Afro-Asiatic) Berber500 kTamasheq
24%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu3.7 mil3.4 milTsonga
23%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.0 milChewa
21%
Ngbandi Creole620 k1.8 milSango
21%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.3 mil1.7 milVenda
21%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu20 mil20 milLingala
20%
Mande1.3 milMandinka
20%
Portuguese Creole70 kSãotomense
20%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu6.0 mil5.4 milLuganda
14%
Mande4.1 mil10 milBambara
13%
Mande590 kBissa
13%
(Eastern Sudanic)
Nilotic
1.3 milDinka
13%
(Atlantic-Congo) Kwa20 milEwe
11%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.0 milFang
11%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu6.3 milLuba-Kasai
10%
(Atlantic-Congo) Gur7.8 milMossi
10%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Volta-Niger
2.2 milFon
9%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu250 kHerero
9%
(Eastern Sudanic)
Nilotic
80 kJur
9%
Khoe-Kwadi210 kKhoekhoe
9%
English Creole830 k7.5 milSierra Leonean Criole
9%
(Eastern Sudanic)
Nilotic
8.8 milSouthern Luo
9%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu7.0 milUmbundu
9%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Apkes-Edoid
2.0 milEdo
8%
Portuguese Creole319 k1.0 milGuinea-Bissau Creole
8%
(Eastern Sudanic)
Nilotic
890 kNuer
8%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu4.1 milBemba
7%
Saharan580 kDaza / Teda
7%
Saharan8.8 milKanuri
7%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.7 milKimbundu
7%
Mande5.0 milManinka
7%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.5 milTonga
7%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu2.5 milChokwe
6%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu400 kLunda
6%
Dogon450 kDogon
5%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Cross River
698 kEfik
5%
Ijoid500 kIjaw Languages
5%
Kikongo Creole5.4 milKituba
5%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu7.4 milMakhuwa
5%
Mande1.5 milMende
5%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Volta-Niger
800 k200 kNupe
5%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.4 milOvambo
5%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.6 milSena
5%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Senegambian
1.4 milSerer
5%
(Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic4.0 milSidamo
5%
Mande2.1 milSoninke
5%
Mande1.1 milSusu
5%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Tivoid
5.0 milTiv
5%
Tuu2.5 kǃXóõ
5%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Zande
1.7 milZande
5%
Songhay4.3 milZarma
5%
(Eastern Sudanic)
Nilotic
750 kBari
4%
(Atlantic-Congo) Gur1.0 milBariba
4%
(Atlantic-Congo) Kwa1.0 milDangme
4%
Mande2.0 mil10 milDyula
4%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Volta-Niger
700 kGbagyi
4%
(Atlantic-Congo) Gur900 kGourmanché
4%
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic25 kHarari
4%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.6 milKalanga
4%
Mande1.3 milKpelle
4%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.8 milLomwe
4%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu725 kLozi
4%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu1.4 milMakonde
4%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Senegambian
33 kNoon
4%
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic70 kSoqotri
4%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu8.1 milSukuma
4%
(Atlantic-Congo) Mel2.5 milTemne
4%
Koisan6.0 kTshwa
4%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bak510 kBalanta
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Gur3.2 milDagbani
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Kwa300 kGonja
3%
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic3.5 milGurage
3%
(Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic1.3 milHadiyya
3%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Volta-Niger
980 kIdoma
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bak410 kJola
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Gur1.0 milKabiyé
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu240 kKaonde
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu65 kKgalagadi
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Mel530 kKissi
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu640 kLuvale
3%
(Eastern Sudanic)
Surmic
196 kMurle
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu45 kMyene
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu430 kNgangela
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu3.4 milNkore
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu140 kNzebi
3%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu3.1 milSoga
3%
(Eastern Sudanic)
Nilotic
2.7 milTeso
3%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Volta-Niger
2.0 milUrhobo
3%
(Afro-Asiatic) Omotic7.0 mil3.0 milWolaytta
3%
(Afro-Asiatic) Chadic55 kYedina
3%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Senegambian
40 kBanyum
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu800 kChaga
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Gur1.1 milDagaare
2%
(Eastern Sudanic)
Nilotic
88 kDatooga
2%
(Afro-Asiatic) Omotic1.1 milGamo
2%
(Afro-Asiatic) Cushitic1.4 milGedeo
2%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Volta-Niger
420 kIsoko
2%
(Afro-Asiatic) Omotic830 kKafa
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Gur250 kKasena
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu152 kKwangali
2%
Mande420 kLoma
2%
(Central Sudanic)
Moru-Madi
2.4 milLugbara
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bak315 kManjak
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bak75 kMankanya
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu110 kMbere
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Bantu95 kMbukushu
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Kwa412 kNzema
2%
(Afro-Asiatic) Semitic1.0 milSilt'e
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Gur150 kTammari
2%
Songhay8.0 kTasawaq
2%
(Atlantic-Congo)
Volta-Niger
550 kUkwuani
2%
(Atlantic-Congo) Gur300 kYom
2%

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