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Home » Africa and Middle East » Which country has most languages in Africa?

Which country has most languages in Africa?

December 14, 2021 by Trevor Zboncak

Nigeria.
Nigeria: And the African country with the most languages is… Nigeria. The official language is English, while 24 million people speak Igbo.

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Which country has the most number of languages?

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is the most multilingual country, with over 839 living languages, according to Ethnologue, a catalogue of the world’s known languages. The site ranked countries and territories based on the number of languages spoken as a first language within their borders.

What African country has more than 500 spoken languages?

Nigeria
One of the countries with the highest number of indigenous languages is Nigeria as some estimates indicate that 500 languages are spoken within its borders. The native tongues of Africa are divided into four major categories, which include Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo, and Khoe.

Which country has so many languages?

Papua New Guinea
Top 20 countries by number of languages

Country # of languages
1. Papua New Guinea 820
2. Indonesia 742
3. Nigeria 516
4. India 427

Which country speak most English?

India is the most populous nation with English as its official language, with over 1 billion people.

What is the most beautiful language in the world?

The Beauty Of Languages

  • Arabic language. Arabic is one of the most beautiful languages in the world.
  • English language. English is the most gorgeous language in the world.
  • Italian language. Italian is one of the most romantic languages in the world.
  • Welsh language.
  • Persian language.

Which African country speaks the best English?

Here are the top 10 English Speaking Countries in Africa.

  1. Uganda. Uganda comes at number one in the list of African countries where people speak the best English.
  2. South Africa.
  3. Nigeria.
  4. Kenya.
  5. Zambia.
  6. Botswana.
  7. Zimbabwe.
  8. Malawi.
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Which country is the richest in Africa?

Egypt
List

Region Rank Country Peak value of GDP (PPP) as of 2021 Billions of International dollars
— Africa 7,172.782
1 Egypt 1,381.057
2 Nigeria 1,136.795
3 South Africa 861.929

What is the oldest language in Africa?

Africa is known for being home to some of the ancient languages in the world. Although it is hard to be certain that a particular language spoken in Africa was the oldest, many people agree on the name of Ancient Egyptian. The name of the Khoisan languages also shows up often during such discussions.

What is the oldest language in the world?

Tamil language
The Tamil language is recognized as the oldest language in the world and it is the oldest language of the Dravidian family. This language had a presence even around 5,000 years ago. According to a survey, 1863 newspapers are published in the Tamil language only every day.

Who speaks the most languages in the world?

Ziad Fazah, born in Liberia, brought up in Beirut and now living in Brazil, claims to be the world’s greatest living polyglot, speaking a total of 59 world languages. He has been ‘tested’ on Spanish television, where it was not clear just how well he could communicate in some of them.

Which country has the least languages?

The Least Linguistically Diverse Countries in the World

Rank Country Linguistic Diversity Index (Source: UNESCO)
1 Saint Helena 0
2 Vaitican City 0
3 Montenegro 0
4 Bermuda 0

Which country speaks worst English?

2021 rankings

2021 Rank Country 2021 Proficiency Band
109 Rwanda Very Low Proficiency
110 Democratic Republic of Congo Very Low Proficiency
111 South Sudan Very Low Proficiency
112 Yemen Very Low Proficiency
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What percent of Nigeria speaks English?

Around 53% of the population (79 million people) can speak English in Nigeria, and a small percentage has awesome native proficiency in the English language.

What is the most spoken language in the world 2021?

Mandarin
The most spoken languages worldwide in 2021 (by speakers in millions)

Characteristic Native speaker in millions
English 1,348
Chinese (Mandarin) 1,120
Hindi 600
Spanish 543

Which is the toughest language to learn?

  • 1.1 1. One of Top 10 Hardest Languages To Learn – Arabic.
  • 1.2 2. Mandarin Is Really Hard to Learn.
  • 1.3 3. Japanese Comes In The List Of Top 10 Hardest Languages To Learn.
  • 1.4 4. Hungarian Is Beneficial But Hard to Learn.
  • 1.5 5. Korean.
  • 1.6 6. Top 10 Hardest Languages To Learn – Finnish.
  • 1.7 7. Basque.
  • 1.8 8. Navajo.

What is the hardest language to learn?

Mandarin
Mandarin
As mentioned before, Mandarin is unanimously considered the toughest language to master in the world! Spoken by over a billion people in the world, the language can be extremely difficult for people whose native languages use the Latin writing system.

What is the sweetest language?

Bengali
Bengali: Originated from Sanskrit, Bengali has been ranked the sweetest of all languages in the world. It is spoken mainly in parts of east India (West Bengal) and all over Bangladesh.

Which country in Africa speaks Spanish?

Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea

Republic of Equatorial Guinea República de Guinea Ecuatorial (Spanish) République de Guinée Équatoriale (French) República da Guiné Equatorial (Portuguese)
Largest city Bata
Official languages Spanish Portuguese French
Spoken languages show List
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Which African country has beautiful ladies?

Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia is considered by many a country with most beautiful women in Africa.

Which country in Africa has the strongest army?

Egypt
This means that Egypt has the strongest army in Africa. The fact that Egypt has an estimated population of about 104,898,490 and over 920,000 army members confirms its defensiveness. Even better, this nation has a power index of 0.2216.

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