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A man from Labé, Guinea, speaking Pular and West African French. African French (French: français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 320 million people in Africa in 2023 or 67% of the French-speaking population of the world [1] [2] [3] spread across 34 countries and territories.
Overall 15 to 20 million people are estimated to speak Afrikaans. Since the colonial era, Indo-European languages such as Afrikaans, English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish have held official status in many countries, and are widely spoken, generally as lingua francas. (See African French and African Portuguese.) Additionally ...
The official percentage of French and English speakers is estimated by the Presidency of Cameroon to be 70% and 30% respectively. [6] Cameroon is a Francophone and Anglophone country, where, as of 2024, 11.957 million (41.17%) out of 29.124 million people speak French. [7] [8]
Referring to literacy data in the official languages of the population aged 12 years and over according to the 2005 Cameroon census, 6,405,981 people speak French as their main official language, with another 1,293,502 people able to speak both French and English. [1] The total number of French speakers in Cameroon is 6,405,981 people. [2]
Today, English is the official language in Kenya, while Swahili enjoys the status of the national language. British English is primarily used in Kenya. Additionally, a distinct local dialect, Kenyan English , is used by some communities and individuals in the country, and contains features unique to it that were derived from local Bantu ...
French is spoken by a significant minority and is spoken mainly as a second language, as a French pidgin, or by foreign residents of the country. English was adopted as part of moves towards regional integration with the East African Community after 2007 but has little effective presence in the country. [2] [3]
Signs in French in Bangui. The official languages of the Central African Republic are French and Sango. In total there are about 72 languages in the country. [1] In the CAR, French is the language of writing and formal situations. In 2022, French is spoken by 28.6% of the population (1.4 million people). [2] [3] Sango has about 350,000 native ...
Gabon is a Francophone country, where, as of 2024, 1.683 million (66.3%) out of 2.539 million people speak French. [3] It is estimated that 80% [4] of the country's population can speak the language competently and one-third of residents of Libreville, the capital city, had become native French speakers. [2]