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Swahili
Regions: Eastern Africa; Speakers: Estimated 75-100 million
Amharic
Regions: Primarily in Ethiopia; Speakers: About 32 million
Yoruba
Regions: Mainly southwestern Nigeria; Speakers: Over 40 million
Igbo
Regions: Southeastern Nigeria; Speakers: Approximately 45 million
Hausa
Regions: West Africa, predominantly Northern Nigeria and Niger; Speakers: Around 50 million
Zulu
Regions: South Africa; Speakers: Over 12 million
Arabic
Regions: Across North Africa; Speakers: More than 150 million in Africa
Somali
Regions: Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya; Speakers: Approximately 20 million
Berber (Tamazight)
Regions: North Africa, mainly in Morocco and Algeria; Speakers: Around 30 million
Oromo
Regions: Ethiopia, northern Kenya; Speakers: Nearly 35 million
Malagasy
Regions: Madagascar; Speakers: Over 25 million
Shona
Regions: Zimbabwe, Mozambique; Speakers: Over 14 million
Afrikaans
Regions: South Africa, Namibia; Speakers: Over 7.1 million first-language speakers
Kinyarwanda
Regions: Rwanda; Speakers: About 12 million
Lingala
Regions: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo; Speakers: Approximately 15 million
Tigrinya
Regions: Eritrea, Ethiopia; Speakers: Approximately 9 million
Wolof
Regions: Senegal, The Gambia, Mauritania; Speakers: About 10 million
Fula (Fulani)
Regions: West Africa, Central Africa; Speakers: About 40 million
Bemba
Regions: Zambia; Speakers: Over 4 million
Twi (Akan)
Regions: Ghana; Speakers: Around 11 million
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