Top of the pops is Arabic, spoken by some 150 million people across the continent. It’s the liturgical language of Islam and holds cultural significance across North Africa, including Egypt, Sudan, ...

The map, from Exploring Africa, has colour-coded each language into the seven families, which include Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Khosian, Niger-Congo / Congo-Kordofanian, Creole, Austronesian, and ...

The most popular language in Africa is Arabic, while English is second and Swahili comes third. As of 2022, Nigeria accounted for around a quarter of the total languages spoken in Africa with 520.