What is the most commonly spoken language in Africa?
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That would be Swahili, at 50 million speakers.
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If you mean as a first language, yes Swahili. If you mean as a second, it'd be English or French, the numbers are similar.
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The most commonly spoken language in Africa is the Arabic with approximately 150 millions speakers in 2005. It is spoken in the whole region of North Africa and regions neighboring the Sahara desert. The second most commonly spoken language in Africa is the Swahili (Kiswahili) with approximately 100 millions speakers in 2005. Swahili is spoken in East and Central Africa. The Arabic is an Afro-asiatic language of Middle East origin while the Swahili is an African language of East African origin.
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