African languages

South Africa has 11 official languages and a multilingual population. IsiZulu and isiXhosa are the largest languages. English is spoken at home by 10% of the population.

African countries are the countries on the continent of Africa. There are 54 African countries in total. The continent of Africa is south of Europe and

African Language Families

Extras: This picture shows just a few of the 1500-2000 languages spoken in Africa. Some of the most common languages are English, French, Portuguese, and Arabic, and Swahili.

Language: This pin shows the 11 official languages of South Africa. Some are used a lot but some are only used in smaller cities.

Swahili This is the most spoken language in Africa, with over 100 million speakers. Also known as Kiswahili, the language is a Bantu language believed to have originated from other languages, specifically Arabic, following historical interactions between Arabs from the Middle East and East Africans. Swahili is the lingua franca of the African Great Lakes...

If you want to learn Swahili but don’t know how to get started, here’s your answer! Maria Price shares the experience she gathered when living in Kenya.

African languages

Krio, Sierra Leone’s English creole. The Gullahs’ English-based creole language is strikingly similar to Sierra Leone Krio and contains identical expressions as bigyai (greedy), pantap (on top of), ohltu (both), tif (steal), yeys (ear), and swit (delicious). The Gullah creole also contains several thousand words and personal names derived from African languages—and a large proportion of these (about 25%) are from languages spoken in Sierra Leone.