10/07/2023
Most widely spoken African Languages in the Continent
1. Swahili ~ 150 Million
๐น๐ฟ Tanzania
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda
๐จ๐ฉ DR Congo
๐ท๐ผ Rwanda
๐ง๐ฎ Burundi
๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi
๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique
๐ฐ๐ฒ Comoros
2. Hausa ~ 76 Million
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
๐ณ๐ช Niger
๐น๐ฉ Chad
๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon
๐ง๐ฏ Benin
๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana
๐น๐ฌ Togo
๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan
3. Amharic ~ 57 Million
๐ช๐น Ethiopia
๐ช๐ท Eritrea
4 Yoruba ~ 55 Million
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
๐ง๐ฏ Benin
๐น๐ฌ Togo
5. Igbo ~ 44 Million
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
6. Oromo ~ 38 Million
๐ช๐น Ethiopia
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya
7. Zulu ~ 35 Million
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho
๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini
๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe
8. Fula (Fulani) ~ 31 Million
๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso
๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon
๐ธ๐ณ Senegal
๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambia
๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania
๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
๐ณ๐ช Niger
9. Somali ~ 28 Million
๐ธ๐ด Somalia
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya
๐ช๐น Ethiopia
๐ฉ๐ฏ Djibouti
10. IsiXhosa ~ 24 Million
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho
๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe
NB: Languages not native to Africa have been excluded (eg. ENGLISH, FRENCH, ARABIC, PORTUGUESE etc)