Official languages
Region
European influence
Translation
Other
100

This is the official language of Benin

What is French?

100

This language is spoken in the Maghreb region

What is Arabic?

100

This European language is most widely spoken in Africa

What is French?

100

This is Swahili for “no worries”

What is Hakuna Matata?

100

True or False: Nigeria is one of the world’s most linguistically diverse countries

What is True?

200

This African country has the most recorded official languages

What is Zimbabwe?

200

Pidgin English is spoken primarily in this part of Africa

What is West Africa?

200

Name one country whose colonial language is Italian

What is Libya, Eritrea, or Somalia?

200

How you dey? translates to How are you doing? in this language

What is Pidgin English?

200

Twi is a native language of this country

What is Ghana?

300

French is an official or co-official language in these many countries

What is 21?

300

This popular language is spoken in East and Central African countries

What is Swahili?

300

Afrikaaners from South Africa speak a language derived from this European language

What is Dutch?

300

This popular slang is a greeting from South Africa

What is Howzit?

300

This African language, spoken in the 2 Congos, is regarded as one of most beautiful languages in the world

What is Lingala?

400

Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda is spoken by this percentage of the population

What is 99%?

400

Some linguists consider this to be the largest language in the world

What are the Niger-Congo languages? (Swahili, Yoruba, Igo, Fula, Shona)

400

These are the main Portuguese-speaking African countries

What are Angola and Mozambique?

400

This is how you say “I love you” in Swahili

What is Nakupenda?

400

This Academy aims at developing and promoting the use of African languages in Africa

What is African Academy of Languages?

500

This language spoken in Namibia has four click sounds

What is Khoekhoegowab?

500

The name is this group of languages is spoken in North Africa, the Horn, and parts of the Sahel

What are the Afroasiatic languages? (Arabic, Somali, Hausa, etc)

500

These two countries have colonial languages from Spain

What are Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara?

500

This popular modern-day drink has origins from the word kola nut

What is cola?

500

This is an estimate of the total number of languages in Africa

What is over 1500?

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