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There are approximately 1500 languages spoken in Africa, and about 500 of those are spoken in West Africa.

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How many languages and dialect are spoken in Africa?

Actually there are thousands of languages in Africa..some are yet to be named to man.


What are languages spoke in Africa?

There are thousands of different dialects of thousands of different languages spoken in Africa. Many have no connection to each other. In addition to these minor African Languages, Arabic and Berber are spoken in North Africa, French in many parts of West Africa, Northern Africa, Central Africa, and on Madagascar. English is spoken in Southern Africa and Sierra Leone, and is used as the Lingua Franca in much of Africa. Portuguese is spoken in parts of Angola and Mozambique, and Swahili is spoken all over Eastern Africa.


How many languages and dialects spoken in Africa?

Around 2500 languages r spoken in Africa


Why does Africa have so many languages?

they are mostly different dialects spoken to the different regions, there are only a few of languages spoken, Afrikaans, Dutch, English, and a little French


What are 10 languages in africa?

In South Africa alone there are more than ten:isiZuluisiXhosaAfrikaansEnglishSouth SothoNorth SothoSetswanaXitsongaTshivendaisiNedeleSiswatiSwahili is used as a lingua franca in much of East Africa.Varieties of Arabic are spoken across North Africa.


How do you spell beauty in African?

There isn't a single word for "beauty" in African languages as Africa is diverse and consists of numerous languages with different words and pronunciations. It would depend on the specific language you are referring to. For example, in Swahili, a commonly spoken language in East Africa, "beauty" is "uzuri." However, it's important to note that Africa has over 2000 languages, so there are many different words for beauty across the continent.


What African languages are only spoken in Africa?

This can not be answered. There are thousands of languages in Africa.


What are the most talkative languages in South Africa?

All spoken languages on Earth are "talkative." For information about the spoken languages of South Africa, click here.


How do you say south and north in Africa?

There is no one single language in Africa, there are over 2000 spoken languages and dialects across 54 independant countries


How does one say special in the African language?

"African" is not a language. Africa is a continent that contains 54 countries and more than 2100 completely different languages. Some estimates place the number of languages at around 3000.If you have any questions about African languages, you will have to specify the language.The most prominent languages spoken in Africa are:AfrikaansAmharicArabicEnglishFrenchFulaHausaIgboOromaSomaliSwahiliYorubaZulu


On which continent are Bantu languages widely spoken?

They are spoken in Africa.


Why there are so many different languages spoken in east African?

There are so many different languages spoken in East Africa because there are many groups of people and various tribes from various ethnic backgrounds.