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Country () Capital () Country () Capital () Official or native language(s) (alphabet/script) Afghanistan: Kabul: Afġānistān افغانستان: Kabul كابل
There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most common lingua franca, spoken by over 60 million people.
Spoken in: Edo State, Nigeria; Efik – Usem Efik Spoken in: Cross River State, Nigeria; Egyptian Arabic – مصرى Spoken in: Egypt; Ekajuk – Ekajuk Spoken in: Nigeria; Ekoka ǃKung – ǃXuun Spoken in: South Africa and Namibia, originally also spoken in Angola (Ekoka ǃKung is a "click language"). Elamite † – ? Formerly spoken in: Iran
As of 2011, Gujarati is the 6th most widely spoken language in India by number of native speakers, spoken by 55.5 million speakers which amounts to about 4.5% of the total Indian population. [1] It is the 26th most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers as of 2007.
World Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Countries English: 58 23 14 4 3 14 United Kingdom, United States, [k] Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, South Africa, Nigeria (See the full list) [78] French: 27 19 2 – 5 1 France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Madagascar, Monaco, Haiti, Vanuatu (See the full list) Arabic: 23–26* 12 ...
Nigeria stands out as one of the world's most linguistically diverse nations, with over 500 languages spoken among its 223 million [2] [3] people (2023 estimate [4]), a testament to its rich ethnic heritage.
Nigeria is the world's sixth-most populous country. The birth rate is 35.2-births/1,000 population and the death rate is 9.6 deaths/1,000 population as of 2017, while the total fertility rate is 5.07 children born/woman. [230] Nigeria's population increased by 57 million from 1990 to 2008, a 60% growth rate in less than two decades. [231]
Namibia (Afrikaans, German, and Oshiwambo are spoken regionally) [38] Nauru (with Nauruan) New Zealand (with Māori and New Zealand Sign Language) Nigeria (with Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba) Pakistan (with Urdu as the national language) Palau (with Palauan) Papua New Guinea (with Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu) Philippines (with Filipino) Rwanda (with ...