Statistics for Top Eleven Languages Spoken in Africa

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Countries	# of Speakers	Language	% Correct
Gabon, Mauritius, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Sao Tome e Principe, Tunisia, Guinea, Seychelles, Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea...	430 million	French	94%
Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Libya, Eritrea…	260 million	Arabic	90%
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda	150 million	Swahili	78%
Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau...	14 million	Portuguese	66%
South Africa	12 million	Zulu	62%
Ethiopia	21 million	Amharic	49%
Nigeria, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea	25 million	Igbo	46%
Nigeria, Benin, Togo	40 million	Yoruba	41%
Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Sudan, Togo	63 million	Hausa	28%
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Egypt	50 million	Oromo	24%
Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique	14.2 million	Shona	16%