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List of major African languages (by total number of speakers in million)
| Arabic (North Africa-Sudan)) | 175 | ||
| Swahili (Coastal central-east Africa) | 5-10 native + 80 secondary | ||
| Hausa (West Africa) | 24 native + 15 secondary | ||
| Amharic (East Africa) | 35-42 | ||
| Oromo (East Africa) | 30-35 | ||
| Yoruba (West Africa) | 25 | ||
| Igbo (Nigeria) | 20-35 | ||
| Somali (Somalia) | 15 | ||
| Ibibio Language (Ibibio/Annang/Efik, Nigeria) | 8-12 | ||
| Fula (West Africa) | + 100 | Malagasy (Madacascar) | 17 |
| Afrikaans (South Africa) | 6-7 native + 6-7 secondary | ||
| Zulu (South Africa) | 10 | ||
| Chichewa (East Africa) | 9 | ||
| Akan | 9 | ||
| Shona | 7 | ||
| Xhosa (South Africa) | 8 | ||
| Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) | 7 | ||
| Kongo | 7 | ||
| Tigrinya | 7 | ||
| Tshiluba (Congo) | 6 | ||
| Wolof | 3 native + 3 secondary | ||
| Gikuyu (Kenya) | 5 | ||
| More (West Africa) | 5 | ||
| Kirundi (Central Africa) | 5 | ||
| Sotho (South Africa) | 5 | ||
| Luhya | 4 | ||
| Tswana (Southern Africa) | 4 | ||
| Kanuri (West Africa) | 4 | ||
| Umbundu (Angola) | 4 | ||
| Northern Sotho (South Africa) | 4 |