Official African languages by country

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Arab, Kirundi, Amharic, Shona, Chewa (official African languages)

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Official African Languages by Country

In addition to the “imported” languages (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish), the following African languages are official in Africa (non-exhaustive list):

Afro-Asiatic Languages

Arab in the Comoros, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Morocco
Berber in Morocco and Algeria
Amharic in Ethiopia
Somali in Somalia
Tigrinya in Eritrea

Austronesian

Malagasy in Madagascar

Indo-European

Afrikaans in South Africa

Niger-Congo Languages

Chewa in Malawi and Zimbabwe
Comorian in The Comoros
Kinyarwanda in Rwanda
Kirundi in Burundi
Sesotho in Lesotho, in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Setswana/Tswana in Botswana and South Africa
Shona and Sindebele in Zimbabwe
Sepedie in South Africa
Ndebele in South Africa
Swahili in Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda
Swati in Eswatini and South Africa
Tsonga in South Africa
Vendre in South Africa
Xhosa in South Africa
Zulu in South Africa

Creole languages

Mauritian Creole in Mauritius
Sango in the Central African Republic
Seychellois Creole in the Seychelles

Business in Africa (Spanish) Lenguas africanas oficiales Trade and Business in Africa (French) Langues africaines officielles Business in Africa (Portuguese) Línguas africanas

Ghana (Accra) Trade Business