African Language Profiles
Swahili, Arabic, French, Hausa are among the most spoken languages in Africa. Swahili is a Bantu language spoken by 150 million Africans. Arabic, spoken by 280 million people worldwide, is one of the six most spoken languages. French, with over 90 million speakers in Africa, is an official language in 21 African countries. Hausa, spoken by more than 50 million Africans, is a Chadic language primarily used in northern Nigeria.
Download Presentation
Please find below an Image/Link to download the presentation.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author.If you encounter any issues during the download, it is possible that the publisher has removed the file from their server.
You are allowed to download the files provided on this website for personal or commercial use, subject to the condition that they are used lawfully. All files are the property of their respective owners.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author.
E N D
Presentation Transcript
African Language Profiles 10 of the Most Spoken Building great learning communities together
The most spoken languages in Africa The most spoken languages in Africa Arabic Amharic French Oromo Hausa Yoruba Swahili Igbo Portuguese Shona Zulu
Swahili, known as Kiswahili in the native tongue, is a Bantu language. It is spoken by around 150 million Africans in Central and Southern Africa. It is an official language in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. It is also spoken in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as parts of Mozambique and Madagascar. Written Swahili can use either the Latin script or the Arabic script. Swahili Swahili Hello Goodbye Yes No Thank you Please Good Morning Good afternoon Well done Numbers to 10 Halo Kwaheri Ndio Hapana Asante Tafadhali Habari za asubuhi Mchana Mchana Umefanya vizuri 1 moja 2 mbili 3 tatu 4 nne 5 tano 6 sita 7 saba 8 nane 9 tisa 10 kumi
Arabic Arabic Hello Goodbye Yes No Thank you Please Good Morning Good afternoon Masa' alkhayr Well done Numbers to 10 Salam Mae alsalama Naeam Raqm Shukran lak Law samaht Sabah alkhayr 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Arabic is one of the six most spoken languages in the world spoken by 280 million people worldwide, and is spoken by more than 100 million Africans. Arabic is an official language in the countries of Egypt, Comoros, Djibouti, Chad, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Libya, Somalia, and Tunisia. It is also spoken in Somaliland, Zanzibar, Eritrea, Mali, Niger and Senegal. 'ahsant 1 wahid 2 aithnayn 3 thalatha 4 'arbaea 5 khamsa 6 sita 7 sabea 8 thamania 9 tise 10 eashra Arabic script
French French Hello Goodbye Yes No Thank you Please Good Morning Bonjour Good afternoon Well done Numbers to 10 French is a European language that became a language in Africa after the Colonization period. There are more than 90 million French speakers across Africa. French is an official language of 21 countries in Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d Ivoire Bonjour Au revoir Oui Non Merci S il te pla t Bonne apr s-midi (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, and Togo. Tr s bien 1 un 2 deux 3 trois 4 quatre 5 cinq 6 six 7 sept 8 huit 9 neuf 10 dix
Hausa Hausa Hello Goodbye Yes No Thank you Please Good Morning Good afternoon Barka da yamma Well done Numbers to 10 1 daya Barka dai Lafiya lau Ee A'a Na gode Don Allah Barka da safiya Hausa is a Chadic language, part of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is spoken by more than 50 million Africans as their first language. It is spoken by the Hausa people, mainly within northern Nigeria and Southern Niger, as well as in Chad, Ghana and Cameroon. Written Hausa can use either the Latin script or the Arabic script. Sannu da aikatawa 2 biyu 3 uku 4 hudu 5 biyar 6 shida 7 bakwai 8 takwas 9 tara 10 goma
Yoruba Yoruba Hello Goodbye Yes No Thank you Please Good Morning Good afternoon Well done Numbers to 10 Yoruba is also a Nigerian language spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. It has over 40 million speakers in Nigeria as well as Benin and Togo. The Yoruba language is a tonal language. E p l d b B ni B k E s J w E k r E k s n E k is 1 - En 2 - j 3 - ta 4 - rin 5 - r n 6 - f 7 - je 8 - jo 9 - s n 10 - w
Igbo Igbo Hello Goodbye Yes No Thank you Please Good Morning Good afternoon Well done Numbers to 10 A native language of the Igbo people. It is part of the Niger-Congo family of languages. Igbo is spoken by over 35 million people and is one of Nigeria s official languages. It is also spoken in Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Gabon. The Igbo language is a tonal language. Nn Ka d Ee Mba Daal Biko t t ma ehihie ma mere nke ma 1 - Otu 2 - Ab 3 - At 4 - An 5 - Ise 6 - Isii 7 - Asaa 8 - Asat 9 - Itoolu 10 - Iri
Amharic Amharic Hello Goodbye Yes No Thank you Please Good Morning Good afternoon Inidemini waliki Well done T iru sira Numbers to 10 1 nidi 2 huleti 3 sositi 4 rati 5 misiti 6 sidisiti 7 sebati 8 simiti 9 zet enyi 10 siri Ethiopia Ethiopia Selami Dehina huni wo yi meseginalehu Ibakihini Inidemini deriki Amhara region Amhara region Amharic is one of the main languages spoken in Ethiopia. It is spoken by over 30 million people. It is considered the second most spoken Semitic language in the world after Arabic these are languages that originate from the Middle East alongside Hebrew, Tigrinya and more. Amharic is written using its own alphabet - the Ge ez writing system known as fidel . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Amharic alphabet
Portuguese Portuguese Hello Goodbye Yes No Thank you Please Good Morning Good afternoon Well done Numbers to 10 Portuguese is the official language of six African countries - Angola, Mozambique, Guinea- Bissau, Cape Verde, Sao Tome e Principe, and Equatorial Guinea. Together these are known as Lusophone Africa . Portuguese is used as a mother tongue by approximately 14 million people on this continent and it is said that there are around 30 million people who use it as a second language. Ol Tchau Sim N o Obrigado Por favor Bom dia Boa tarde Bem feito 1 um / uma 2 dois / duas 3 - tr s 4 - quatro 5 - cinco 6 - seis 7 - sete 8 - oito 9 - nove 10 dez
Zulu Zulu Hello Goodbye Yes No Thank you Please Good Morning Good afternoon Well done Numbers to 10 IsiZulu, also known as Zulu, is a South African official language, and has more than 12 million speakers. It is part of the Bantu/Nguni family of languages. Zulu is written using the Latin alphabet. It is influenced by the Khoisan language which is the reason for the unique clicking sounds within the language. Sawubona Hamba kahle Yebo Cha Ngiyabonga Ngiyacela Sawubona Sawubona Wenze kahle 1 - Eyodwa 2 - Ezimbili 3 - Ezintathu 4 - Ezine 5 - Ezinhlanu 6 - Eziyisithupha 7 - Isikhombisa 8 - Eziyisishiyagalombili 9 - Eziyisishiyagalolunye 10 - Eziyishumi Zulu Zulu region region South Africa South Africa
Shona Shona Hello Goodbye Yes No Thank you Please Good Morning Good afternoon Well done Numbers to 10 Mhoro Sara mushe Ehe Aihwa Ndatenda Ndapota Mangwanani akanaka Masikati akanaka kuita zvakanaka 1 - poshi 2 - piri 3 - tatu 4 - ina 5 - shanu 6 - nhanhatu 7 - minomwe 8 - sere 9 - pfumbamwe 10 - gumi Shona originates from the Bantu family of languages, Shona is the most spoken language in Zimbabwe, with over 10 million speakers. It is also spoken in other regions across Southern Africa. Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
