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Not only is Africa widely misrepresented and under-represented, but its languages are also struggling. However, there has been some progress. The following is an overview of African language Wikipedias and Wiktionaries. It was compiled by [1]. Growth is stead in on the main languages across Africa, but there is a desperate need for more people to get involved in uploading information to their own language wikipedia.

af: - Afrikaans (South Africa, Namibia) (Oct 2007: 8374; May 2010: 15260; Feb 2011: 17002)
ar: - Arabic (Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunis, Algeria)
sw: - Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo Republic) (Jan 2007: 2980; May 2010: 17998; Feb 2011: 21244)
yo: - Yoruba (Nigeria, Benin, Togo) (Jan 2007: 517; May 2010: 8858; Feb 2011: 12174)
am: - Amharic (Ethiopia) (Jan 2007: 742; May 2010: 3810; Feb 2011: 6738)
ln: - Lingala (DRC, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic) (Jan 2007: 292; May 2010: 1255; Feb 2011: 1394)
wo: - Wolof (Senegal) (Jan 2007: 0; May 2010: 1068; Feb 2011: 1096)
ig: - Igbo (Nigeria) (558)
kg: - Kikongo (Angola,Congo republic) (512)
kab: - Kabyle (Algeria) (475)
so: - Somali (Somalia) (Jan 2007: 0; May 2010: 0; Feb 2011: 1639)
bm: - Bambara (Mali) (226)
ee: - Ewe (Ghana, Togo) (203)
om: - Oromo (Ethiopia) (202)
ti: - Tigrinya (Erythrea) (171)
zu: - Zulu (South Africa) (Oct 2007: 107; May 2010: 195; Feb 2011: 209)
ts: - Tsonga (Mozambique) (Oct 2007: 10; May 2010: 174; Feb 2011: 185)
ve: - Venda (South Africa) (Oct 2007: 43; May 2010: 162; Feb 2011: 192)
xh: - Xhosa (South Africa, Lesotho) (Oct 2007: 66; May 2010: 115; Feb 2011: 116)
rw: - Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) (Jan 2007: 0; May 2010:; Feb 2011: 1501)
st: - Sesoto (Lesotho) (Oct 2007: 43; May 2010: 69; Feb 2011: 117)
tw: - Twi (Ghana) (61)
ak: - Akan (Ghana,Ivory coast) (59)
ff: - Fula (45)
lg: - Luganda (Uganda) (43)
ki: - kikuyu (Niger-Congo) (35)
sn: - Shona (Zimbabwe) (31)
tum: - Tumbuka (Malawi) (30)
xh: - Chichewa (Malawi) (24)
sg: - Sango (République Centrafricaine) (24)
tn: - Tswana (Botswana) (Oct 2007: 40; May 2010: 103; Feb 2011: 105)
rn: - Kirundi (Burundi) (18)
ha: - Hausa (Benin, Burkina Faso) (17)
hz: - Herero (Namibia) (13)
ss: - Swati (Swaziland) (12)(Oct 2007: 56; May 2010: 173; Feb 2011: 308)
aa: - Afar (Ethiopia) (8)
ng: - Ndonga (Namibia) (4)
kj: - Kwanyama (Angola) (4)
mg: -Malagasy (Madagascar) (Jan 2007: 0; May 2010: 2450; Feb 2011: 3806)

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