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==Rating in Speakers==
'''''Breaking the Spell: My Life as a Rajneeshee and the Long Journey Back to Freedom''''' is a non-fiction book<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62448100|title=Logik der Forschung|last=1902-1994.|first=Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund),|date=2005|publisher=Mohr Siebeck|others=Keuth, Herbert, 1940-|isbn=3161481119|edition=11. Aufl.|location=Tübingen|oclc=62448100}}</ref> by Catherine Jane Stork about her experiences as a [[Rajneesh movement|Rajneeshee]], a follower of Indian guru [[Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]]. It was published in April 2009 by [[Macmillan Publishers|Pan Macmillan]]. Stork was raised in [[Western Australia]] in a [[Catholic]] upbringing, and met her first husband while at university in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth, Australia]]. After a psychotherapist introduced Stork to teachings of Rajneesh, she became involved in the movement and moved with her husband to an [[ashram]] in [[Pune, India|Poona, India]]. Stork later moved to the Rajneesh commune in [[Rajneeshpuram]], [[Oregon]]. She became involved in criminal activities while at Rajneeshpuram, and participated in an attempted murder against Rajneesh's doctor, and an assassination plot against the U.S. Attorney for Oregon, [[Charles H. Turner (attorney)|Charles H. Turner]]. Stork served time in jail but later lived in exile in Germany for 16 years, after a German court had denied extradition to the United States. She returned to the U.S. to face criminal charges after learning of her son's terminal cancer condition. Stork discusses her process of reevaluating the effects her actions within the Rajneesh organization had on other people and on her family.
The following is a table displaying the number of speakers of given languages within Africa:


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:99%;"
test 2<ref>{{Citation|title=Sveto pismo zvočnica|date=cop. 2007|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/781329324|others=Juh, Boris.|publisher=Mladinska knjiga Založba|isbn=8611177436|oclc=781329324}}</ref>
|-
!width=15%|Language
!width=15%|Family
!width=15% data-sort-type="number"|Native speakers (L1)
!width=30%|Official status per country
|-
| [[Abron language|Abron]] || [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]] || || {{flag|Ghana}}
|-
| [[Afrikaans]] || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] || 7,200,000<ref name="statssa-2011-language-1">{{cite book |title=Census 2011: Census in brief |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/census/census_2011/census_products/Census_2011_Census_in_brief.pdf |publisher=Statistics South Africa |location=Pretoria |year=2012 |isbn=9780621413885 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513171240/http://www.statssa.gov.za/census/census_2011/census_products/Census_2011_Census_in_brief.pdf |archive-date=13 May 2015 |dead-url=no}}</ref> || National language in {{flag|Namibia}}, co-official in {{flag|South Africa}}
|-
| [[Akan language|Akan]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 11,000,000<ref name="ReferenceA">[[Nationalencyklopedin]] "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007</ref> || None. Government sponsored language of {{flag|Ghana}}
|-
| [[Amharic]] || [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] || 21,800,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/amh|title=Amharic|publisher=}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}
|-
| [[Arabic]] || [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] || 150,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/ara|title=Arabic|publisher=}}</ref> but with separate mutually unintelligible varieties|| {{flag|Algeria}}, {{flag|Chad}}, {{flag|Comoros}}, {{flag|Djibouti}}, {{flag|furt}}, {{flag|Eritrea}}, {{flag|Libya}}, {{flag|Mauritania}}, {{flag|Morocco}}, {{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}, {{flag|Somalia}}, {{flag|Sudan}}, {{flag|Tanzania}} ([[Zanzibar]]), {{flag|Tunisia}}
|-
| [[Berber languages|Berber]] || [[Afroasiatic language|Afroasiatic]] || 16,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/berber|title=Berber|publisher=}}</ref> (estimated) (including separate mutually unintelligible varieties) || {{flag|Morocco}}, {{flag|Algeria}}
|-
| [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] || [[Indo-European language|Indo-European]] || || Spoken in {{flag|Mauritius}}
|-
| [[Cape Verdean Creole]] || [[Portuguese-based creole languages|Portugeuese Creole]] || || National language in {{flag|Cape Verde}}
|-
| [[Chewa language|Chewa]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 9,700,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/nya|title=Chichewa|publisher=}}</ref> || {{flag|Malawi}}, {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Dangme language|Dangme]] || [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]] || || {{flag|Ghana}}
|-
| [[English language|English]] || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] || 6,500,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/eng|title=English|publisher=}}</ref> (estimated) || See [[List of territorial entities where English is an official language]]
|-
| [[Fon language|Fon]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|Benin}}
|-
| [[French language|French]] || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] || 120,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/fra|title=French|website=Ethnologue.com|access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref><ref name="EdmistonDumenil2015">{{cite book|author1=William Edmiston|author2=Annie Dumenil|title=La France contemporaine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1TjBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT90|date=2015-01-01|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-305-80441-8|page=90}}</ref> (estimated) || see [[List of territorial entities where French is an official language]] and [[African French]]
|-
| [[Fula language|Fulani]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 25,000,000<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || national language of {{flag|Senegal}}
|-
| [[Ga language|Ga]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|Ghana}}
|-
| [[German language|German]] || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] || || national language of {{flag|Namibia}}, special status in {{flag|South Africa}}
|-
| [[Gikuyu language|Gikuyu]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 6,600,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kik|title=Gikuyu|publisher=}}</ref> ||
|-
| [[Hausa language|Hausa]] || [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] || 34,000,000<ref>''Ethnologue'' (2009) cites 18,5 million L1 and 15 million L2 speakers in Nigeria in 1991; 5.5 million L1 speakers and half that many L2 speakers in Niger in 2006, 0.8 million in Benin in 2006, and just over 1 million in other countries.</ref> || recognized in {{flag|Nigeria}}, {{flag|Ghana}}, {{flag|Niger}}
|-
| [[Igbo language|Igbo]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 27,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ibo|title=Igbo|publisher=Ethnologue}}</ref> || native in {{flag|Nigeria}}
|-
| [[Italian language|Italian]] || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] || || recognized in {{flag|Libya}}, {{flag|Eritrea}}, {{flag|Somalia}}
|-
| [[Khoekhoe language|Khoekhoe]] || [[Khoe languages|Khoe]] || 300,000<ref>Brenzinger, Matthias (2011) "The twelve modern Khoisan languages." In Witzlack-Makarevich & Ernszt (eds.), ''Khoisan languages and linguistics: proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium, Riezlern / Kleinwalsertal'' (Research in Khoisan Studies 29). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.</ref> || national language of {{flag|Namibia}}
|-
| [[Kimbundu]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|Angola}}
|-
| [[Kinyarwanda]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 9,800,000<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || {{flag|Rwanda}}
|-
| [[Kirundi]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 8,800,000<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || {{flag|Burundi}}
|-
| [[Kituba]] || [[Kongo language|Kongo-based]] [[Creole language|creole]] || || {{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}, {{flag|Republic of Congo}}
|-
| [[Kongo language|Kongo]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 5,600,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kon|title=Kongo|publisher=}}</ref> || {{flag|Angola}}, recognised national language of {{flag|Republic of Congo}} and {{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}
|-
| [[Lingala language|Lingala]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 5,500,000<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || National language of {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}, {{flag|Republic of Congo}}
|-
| [[Luganda]] || [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]] || 4,100,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/lug/|title=Luganda}}</ref> || Native language of {{flag|Uganda}}
|-
| [[Luo dialect|Luo]] || [[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]] (probable) || 4,200,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/luo|title=Dholuo|publisher=}}</ref> ||
|-
| [[Malagasy language|Malagasy]] || [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] || 18,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/mlg|title=Malagasy|publisher=}}</ref> || {{flag|Madagascar}}
|-
| [[Mauritian Creole]] || [[French-based creole languages|French Creole]] || 1,100,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/mfe|title=Morisyen|publisher=}}</ref> || Native language of {{flag|Mauritius}}
|-
| [[Mossi language|Mossi]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 7,600,000<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || Recognised regional language in {{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|-
| [[Nambya langauge|Nambya]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Ndau language|Ndau]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Southern Ndebele language|Ndebele]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 1,100,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Ndebele|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/nbl/|publisher=Ethnologue|accessdate=20 September 2016}}</ref> || Statutory national language in {{flag|South Africa}}
|-
| [[Noon language|Noon]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|Senegal}}
|-
| [[Northern Ndebele language|Northern Ndebele]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || ||{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 4,600,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/nso|title=Sotho, Northern|publisher=}}</ref> || {{flag|South Africa}}
|-
| [[Oromo language|Oromo]] || [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] || 26,000,000<ref name="ReferenceA"/> ||{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|-
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] || 13,700,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thetranslationcompany.com/resources/language-country/portuguese-language/portuguese-language/future-portuguese.htm|title=The Future of Portuguese - The Translation Company|publisher=}}</ref> (estimated) || {{flag|Angola}}, {{flag|Cape Verde}}, {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}, {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}, {{flag|Mozambique}}, {{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|-
| [[Sena language|Sena]] || [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]] || || {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Northern Sotho language|Sepedi]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|South Africa}}
|-
| [[Sesotho language|Sesotho]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 5,600,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/sot|title=Sotho, Southern|publisher=}}</ref> || {{flag|Lesotho}}, {{flag|South Africa}}, {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Seychellois Creole]] || [[French-based creole languages|French Creole]] || || {{flag|Seychelles}}
|-
| [[Shona language|Shona]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 7,200,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.ethnologue.com/16/show_family.asp?subid=1934-16|title=Ethnologue report for Shona (S.10)|publisher=}}</ref> || {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Somali language|Somali]] || [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] || 16,600,000<ref name="eth">{{cite web | title = Somali | publisher = [[SIL International]]| date = 2013 | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/language/som | accessdate = May 4, 2013}}</ref> || {{flag|Somalia}}, {{flag|Djibouti}}
|-
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] || 1,100,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Spanish|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/spa|publisher=Ethnologue|accessdate=10 January 2018}}</ref> || {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}, {{flag|Spain}} ([[Ceuta]], [[Melilla]], [[Canary islands]]), still marginally spoken in {{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}, recognized in {{flag|Morocco}}
|-
| [[Southern Ndebele language|Southern Ndebele]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|South Africa}}
|-
| [[Swahili language|Swahili]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 15,000,000<ref>{{cite book |title=African folklore: an encyclopedia |last=Peek |first=Philip M. |authorlink= |author2=Kwesi Yankah |year=2004 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=0-415-93933-X |page=699}}</ref> || Official in {{flag|Tanzania}}, {{flag|Kenya}}, {{flag|Uganda}}, {{flag|Rwanda}}, {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|-
| [[Swazi language|Swazi]] || [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]] || || Official in {{flag|South Africa}}, {{flag|Swaziland}}
|-
| [[tamil language|Tamil]] || [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] || || Spoken in {{flag|Mauritius}}
|-
| [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]] || [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] || 7,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/tir|title=Tigrigna|publisher=}}</ref> || {{flag|Eritrea}}, regional language in {{flag|Ethiopia}}
|-
| [[Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe)|Tonga]] || [[Niger-Congo language|Niger-Congo]] || || {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Tsoa language|Tsoa]] || [[Khoe languages|Khoe]] || || {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Twi language|Twi]] || [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]] || || Regional language in {{flag|Ghana}}
|-
| [[Luba-Kasai language|Tshiluba]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 6,300,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/lua|title=Luba-Kasai|publisher=}}</ref> (1991) || National language of {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|-
| [[Xitsonga language|Tsonga]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 5,000,000<ref>https://www.ethnologue.com/language/tso</ref> || {{flag|South Africa}}, {{flag|Zimbabwe}} (as 'as Shangani'), {{flag|Mozambique}}
|-
| [[Venda language|Tshivenda]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|South Africa}}, {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Tswana language|Tswana]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 5,800,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/tsn|title=Tswana|publisher=}}</ref> || {{flag|Botswana}}, {{flag|South Africa}}, {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Umbundu]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 6,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/umb|title=Umbundu|publisher=}}</ref> || {{flag|Angola}}
|-
| [[Venda language|Venda]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || {{flag|South Africa}}, {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Wolof language|Wolof]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || || Lingua franca in {{flag|Senegal}}
|-
| [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 7,600,000<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || {{flag|South Africa}}, {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 28,000,000<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || {{flag|Nigeria}}, {{flag|Benin}}, {{flag|Togo}}
|-
| [[Zulu language|Zulu]] || [[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]] || 10,400,000<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || {{flag|South Africa}}
|}
===By region===


Below is a list of the major languages of Africa by region, family and total number of [[primary language]] speakers in millions.
The book received generally positive reception in the press and media. The [[Australian Associated Press]] commented that Stork "provides an insight into the mind of the Bhagwan and his mouthpiece Ma Sheela",<ref name="escaping" /> and ''[[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)|The Sunday Mail]]'' called the book "An amazing story of self-delusion, followed by self-determination and redemption."<ref name="clark" /> ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Sunday Telegraph]]'' highlighted the book in the newspaper's "Must Read" section,<ref name="telegraph" /> and ''[[The Gold Coast Bulletin]]'' called it "Shattering".<ref name="goldcoast" /> A review in ''[[The Age]]'' commented that the book exposes "the ultimately selfish nature of apparently selfless fanaticism".<ref name="capp" />
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==References==
|
<references />
;Central Africa
*[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
**[[Lingala]]<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Kinyarwanda]]:12<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rw.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Kongo language|Kongo]]:5+<ref name="ReferenceC"/><ref name="cia.gov1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ao.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cf.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Tshiluba language|Tshiluba]]<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
**[[Kirundi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/by.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
|
;Horn of Africa
*[[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]]
**[[Semitic languages|Semitic]]
***[[Amharic]]: 20+
***[[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]]: 5
**[[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]
***[[Somali language|Somali]]: 10–15
***[[Oromo language|Oromo]]: 30–35
*[[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]: 1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csa.gov.et/pdf/Cen2007_firstdraft.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=29 October 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214221803/http://www.csa.gov.et/pdf/Cen2007_firstdraft.pdf |archivedate=14 February 2012 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/er.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Gumuz language|Gumuz]]
**[[Anuak language|Anuak]]
**[[Kunama language|Kunama]]
**[[Nara language|Nara]]
*[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]]: 1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somraf.org/research%20Matrerials/joint%20british%20danish%20dutch%20fact%20finding%20mission%20in%20Nairobi%20-%202001.pdf |title=Maquiagem Seu Espaço Vip – Encontre Tudo Sobre Maquiagem |publisher= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021044246/http://www.somraf.org/research%20Matrerials/joint%20british%20danish%20dutch%20fact%20finding%20mission%20in%20Nairobi%20-%202001.pdf |archivedate=21 October 2013 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Zigula language|Zigula]]
|
;North Africa
*[[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]]
**[[Semitic languages|Semitic]]
***[[Arabic]]: 200
**[[Berber languages|Berber]]: 30–40
***[[Kabyle language|Kabyle]]
***[[Atlas languages|Atlas]]
***[[Tuareg languages|Tuareg]]
***[[Zenaga language|Zenaga]]
*[[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]
**[[Nubian language|Nubian]]: 5+<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.secid.org/usefsociety/pdf/nubian.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=14 October 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406044519/http://www.secid.org/usefsociety/pdf/nubian.pdf |archivedate=6 April 2012 |df= }}</ref>
**[[Fur language|Fur]]: 5+<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/CORRECTION-Census-shows-South,30867|title=CORRECTION: Census shows South Sudan population at 8.2 million: report - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan|website=www.sudantribune.com|language=en|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unsudanig.org/docs/darfur_fact_sheet_v22_5.pdf|title=unsudanig.org|publisher=}}</ref><ref>http://www.darfurcentre.ch/images/00_DRDC_documents/DRDC_Reports_Briefing_Papers/DRDC_Report_on_the_5th_Population_Census_in_Sudan.pdf</ref>
**[[Zaghawa language|Zaghawa]]<ref name="John A. Shoup 2011 p. 333">John A. Shoup, Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East (2011), p. 333, {{ISBN|159884363X}}: "The Zaghawa is one of the major divisions of the Beri peoples who live in western Sudan and eastern Chad, and their language, also called Zaghawa, belongs to the Saharan branch of the Nilo-Saharan language group."</ref>
**[[Masalit language|Masalit]]
*[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]]
**[[Kordofanian languages]]
***[[Nuba]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/su.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
|
;Southeast Africa
*[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]:
**[[Swahili language|Swahili]]: 5–10
**[[Gikuyu language|Gikuyu]]: 9<ref name="cia.gov2">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Ganda language|Ganda]]:6<ref name="cia.gov3">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Luhya languages|Luhya]]: 6<ref name="cia.gov2"/>
*[[Austronesian language|Austronesian]]
**[[Malagasy language|Malagasy]]: 20+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mlg|title=Malagasy|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Ubangian languages|Ubangian]]
**[[Gbaya languages|Gbaya]]:2<ref name="cia.gov4">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ct.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Banda languages|Banda]]:1-2<ref name="cia.gov4"/>
**[[Zande language|Zande]]<ref name="cia.gov5">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/od.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]
**[[Kanuri language|Kanuri]]:10<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="cia.gov6">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cd.html |title=The World Factbook |publisher= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424020620/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cd.html |archivedate=24 April 2013 |df= }}</ref>
**[[Luo language|Luo]]:5 <ref name="cia.gov2"/><ref name="cia.gov3"/>
**[[Sara languages|Sara]]:3-4 <ref name="cia.gov6"/><ref name="cia.gov4"/>
**[[Kalenjin language|Kalenjin]]:5<ref name="cia.gov2"/>
**[[Dinka language|Dinka]] <ref name="cia.gov5"/>
**[[Nuer language|Nuer]]<ref name="cia.gov5"/>
**[[Shilluk language|Shilluk]]<ref name="cia.gov5"/>
**[[Maasai language|Maasai]]:1-2<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knbs.or.ke/censusethnic.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=28 June 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121153548/http://www.knbs.or.ke/censusethnic.php |archivedate=21 November 2013 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelanguagejournal.com/2012/04/maasai-of-kenya-and-tanzania.html|title=The Language Journal: The Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania|publisher=}}</ref>
|
;Southern Africa
*[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]], [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
**[[Zulu language|Zulu]]: 10<ref name=G>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]: 8<ref name=G/>
**[[Shona language|Shona]]: 7
**[[Sotho language|Sotho]]: 5
**[[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]: 12
**[[Tswana language|Tswana]]: 4<ref name="G"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bc.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Umbundu language|Umbundu]]: 4<ref name="cia.gov1"/>
**[[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]]: 4<ref name=G/>
**[[Chichewa language|Chichewa]]: 8<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
**[[Makua language|Makua]]: 8<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mz.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]
**[[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
***[[Afrikaans]]: 7
***[[English language|English]]: 5
**[[Romance languages|Romance]]
***[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: 14<ref>{{cite web|title=The Future of Portuguese|url=http://www.bbportuguese.com/the-future-of-portuguese.html|publisher=BB Portuguese|accessdate=11 April 2012}}</ref>
|
;West Africa
*[[Niger–Congo languages|Niger–Congo]]
**[[Benue–Congo]]
***[[Ibibio language|Ibibio]] (Nigeria): 7<ref name="cia.gov"/>
**[[Volta–Niger]]
***[[Igbo language|Igbo]] (Nigeria): 30–35<ref name="cia.gov"/>
***[[Yoruba language|Yoruba]]: 40<ref name="cia.gov"/>
**[[Kwa languages|Kwa]]:
***[[Akan language|Akan]] (Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire): 20–25
**[[Gur languages|Gur]]
***[[More language|More]]: 5
**[[Senegambian languages|Senegambian]]
***[[Fula language|Fula]] (West Africa): 40<ref name="cia.gov"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="cia.gov7">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sg.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="cia.gov8">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ga.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
***[[Wolof language|Wolof]]: 8<ref name="cia.gov7"/><ref name="cia.gov8"/>
*[[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]]
**[[Chadic languages|Chadic]]
***[[Hausa language|Hausa]]: 50 <ref name="cia.gov"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*[[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]
**[[Saharan languages|Saharan]]
***[[Kanuri language|Kanuri]]: 10<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="cia.gov6"/>
***[[Songhai language|Songhai]]:5<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ml.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref>
***[[Zarma language|Zarma]]:5 <ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/>
|}

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Rating in Speakers

The following is a table displaying the number of speakers of given languages within Africa:

Language Family Native speakers (L1) Official status per country
Abron Niger-Congo  Ghana
Afrikaans Indo-European 7,200,000[1] National language in  Namibia, co-official in  South Africa
Akan Niger–Congo 11,000,000[2] None. Government sponsored language of  Ghana
Amharic Afroasiatic 21,800,000[3]  Ethiopia
Arabic Afroasiatic 150,000,000[4] but with separate mutually unintelligible varieties  Algeria,  Chad,  Comoros,  Djibouti, Template:Country data furt,  Eritrea,  Libya,  Mauritania,  Morocco,  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic,  Somalia,  Sudan,  Tanzania (Zanzibar),  Tunisia
Berber Afroasiatic 16,000,000[5] (estimated) (including separate mutually unintelligible varieties)  Morocco,  Algeria
Bhojpuri Indo-European Spoken in  Mauritius
Cape Verdean Creole Portugeuese Creole National language in  Cape Verde
Chewa Niger–Congo 9,700,000[6]  Malawi,  Zimbabwe
Dangme Niger-Congo  Ghana
English Indo-European 6,500,000[7] (estimated) See List of territorial entities where English is an official language
Fon Niger–Congo  Benin
French Indo-European 120,000,000[8][9] (estimated) see List of territorial entities where French is an official language and African French
Fulani Niger–Congo 25,000,000[2] national language of  Senegal
Ga Niger–Congo  Ghana
German Indo-European national language of  Namibia, special status in  South Africa
Gikuyu Niger–Congo 6,600,000[10]
Hausa Afroasiatic 34,000,000[11] recognized in  Nigeria,  Ghana,  Niger
Igbo Niger–Congo 27,000,000[12] native in  Nigeria
Italian Indo-European recognized in  Libya,  Eritrea,  Somalia
Khoekhoe Khoe 300,000[13] national language of  Namibia
Kimbundu Niger–Congo  Angola
Kinyarwanda Niger–Congo 9,800,000[2]  Rwanda
Kirundi Niger–Congo 8,800,000[2]  Burundi
Kituba Kongo-based creole  Democratic Republic of Congo,  Republic of Congo
Kongo Niger–Congo 5,600,000[14]  Angola, recognised national language of  Republic of Congo and  Democratic Republic of Congo
Lingala Niger–Congo 5,500,000[2] National language of  Democratic Republic of the Congo,  Republic of Congo
Luganda Niger-Congo 4,100,000[15] Native language of  Uganda
Luo Nilo-Saharan (probable) 4,200,000[16]
Malagasy Austronesian 18,000,000[17]  Madagascar
Mauritian Creole French Creole 1,100,000[18] Native language of  Mauritius
Mossi Niger–Congo 7,600,000[2] Recognised regional language in  Burkina Faso
Nambya Niger–Congo  Zimbabwe
Ndau Niger–Congo  Zimbabwe
Ndebele Niger–Congo 1,100,000[19] Statutory national language in  South Africa
Noon Niger–Congo  Senegal
Northern Ndebele Niger–Congo  Zimbabwe
Northern Sotho Niger–Congo 4,600,000[20]  South Africa
Oromo Afroasiatic 26,000,000[2]  Ethiopia
Portuguese Indo-European 13,700,000[21] (estimated)  Angola,  Cape Verde,  Guinea-Bissau,  Equatorial Guinea,  Mozambique,  São Tomé and Príncipe
Sena Niger-Congo  Zimbabwe
Sepedi Niger–Congo  South Africa
Sesotho Niger–Congo 5,600,000[22]  Lesotho,  South Africa,  Zimbabwe
Seychellois Creole French Creole  Seychelles
Shona Niger–Congo 7,200,000[23]  Zimbabwe
Somali Afroasiatic 16,600,000[24]  Somalia,  Djibouti
Spanish Indo-European 1,100,000[25]  Equatorial Guinea,  Spain (Ceuta, Melilla, Canary islands), still marginally spoken in  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, recognized in  Morocco
Southern Ndebele Niger–Congo  South Africa
Swahili Niger–Congo 15,000,000[26] Official in  Tanzania,  Kenya,  Uganda,  Rwanda,  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Swazi Niger-Congo Official in  South Africa,  Swaziland
Tamil Dravidian Spoken in  Mauritius
Tigrinya Afroasiatic 7,000,000[27]  Eritrea, regional language in  Ethiopia
Tonga Niger-Congo  Zimbabwe
Tsoa Khoe  Zimbabwe
Tsonga Niger–Congo  Zimbabwe
Twi Niger-Congo Regional language in  Ghana
Tshiluba Niger–Congo 6,300,000[28] (1991) National language of  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tsonga Niger–Congo 5,000,000[29]  South Africa,  Zimbabwe (as 'as Shangani'),  Mozambique
Tshivenda Niger–Congo  South Africa,  Zimbabwe
Tswana Niger–Congo 5,800,000[30]  Botswana,  South Africa,  Zimbabwe
Umbundu Niger–Congo 6,000,000[31]  Angola
Venda Niger–Congo  South Africa,  Zimbabwe
Wolof Niger–Congo Lingua franca in  Senegal
Xhosa Niger–Congo 7,600,000[2]  South Africa,  Zimbabwe
Yoruba Niger–Congo 28,000,000[2]  Nigeria,  Benin,  Togo
Zulu Niger–Congo 10,400,000[2]  South Africa

By region

Below is a list of the major languages of Africa by region, family and total number of primary language speakers in millions.

Central Africa
Horn of Africa
North Africa
Southeast Africa
Southern Africa
West Africa
  1. ^ Census 2011: Census in brief (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. ISBN 9780621413885. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2015. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
  3. ^ "Amharic".
  4. ^ "Arabic".
  5. ^ "Berber".
  6. ^ "Chichewa".
  7. ^ "English".
  8. ^ "French". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  9. ^ William Edmiston; Annie Dumenil (2015-01-01). La France contemporaine. Cengage Learning. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-305-80441-8.
  10. ^ "Gikuyu".
  11. ^ Ethnologue (2009) cites 18,5 million L1 and 15 million L2 speakers in Nigeria in 1991; 5.5 million L1 speakers and half that many L2 speakers in Niger in 2006, 0.8 million in Benin in 2006, and just over 1 million in other countries.
  12. ^ "Igbo". Ethnologue.
  13. ^ Brenzinger, Matthias (2011) "The twelve modern Khoisan languages." In Witzlack-Makarevich & Ernszt (eds.), Khoisan languages and linguistics: proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium, Riezlern / Kleinwalsertal (Research in Khoisan Studies 29). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
  14. ^ "Kongo".
  15. ^ "Luganda".
  16. ^ "Dholuo".
  17. ^ "Malagasy".
  18. ^ "Morisyen".
  19. ^ "Ndebele". Ethnologue. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  20. ^ "Sotho, Northern".
  21. ^ "The Future of Portuguese - The Translation Company".
  22. ^ "Sotho, Southern".
  23. ^ "Ethnologue report for Shona (S.10)".
  24. ^ "Somali". SIL International. 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  25. ^ "Spanish". Ethnologue. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  26. ^ Peek, Philip M.; Kwesi Yankah (2004). African folklore: an encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 699. ISBN 0-415-93933-X.
  27. ^ "Tigrigna".
  28. ^ "Luba-Kasai".
  29. ^ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/tso
  30. ^ "Tswana".
  31. ^ "Umbundu".
  32. ^ a b c "The World Factbook".
  33. ^ "The World Factbook".
  34. ^ a b "The World Factbook".
  35. ^ "The World Factbook".
  36. ^ "The World Factbook".
  37. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  38. ^ "The World Factbook".
  39. ^ "Maquiagem Seu Espaço Vip – Encontre Tudo Sobre Maquiagem" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  40. ^ "The World Factbook".
  41. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  42. ^ "CORRECTION: Census shows South Sudan population at 8.2 million: report - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan". www.sudantribune.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  43. ^ "unsudanig.org" (PDF).
  44. ^ http://www.darfurcentre.ch/images/00_DRDC_documents/DRDC_Reports_Briefing_Papers/DRDC_Report_on_the_5th_Population_Census_in_Sudan.pdf
  45. ^ John A. Shoup, Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East (2011), p. 333, ISBN 159884363X: "The Zaghawa is one of the major divisions of the Beri peoples who live in western Sudan and eastern Chad, and their language, also called Zaghawa, belongs to the Saharan branch of the Nilo-Saharan language group."
  46. ^ "The World Factbook".
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  48. ^ a b "The World Factbook".
  49. ^ "Malagasy".
  50. ^ a b c "The World Factbook".
  51. ^ a b c d "The World Factbook".
  52. ^ a b c d e f "The World Factbook".
  53. ^ a b c "The World Factbook". Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  54. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  55. ^ "The Language Journal: The Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania".
  56. ^ a b c d "The World Factbook".
  57. ^ "The World Factbook".
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  60. ^ "The World Factbook".
  61. ^ "The Future of Portuguese". BB Portuguese. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  62. ^ a b "The World Factbook".
  63. ^ a b "The World Factbook".
  64. ^ "The World Factbook".
  65. ^ a b "The World Factbook".
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