16/10/2025
Colonial languages in Africa
African Countries where English is spoken
Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, Ghana, Cameroon, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, The Gambia , Mauritius, Eswatini, Egypt and Seychelles.
African Countries where French is spoken
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Algeria, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo and Tunisia
African Countries where Portuguese is spoken
Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea.
African Countries where Italian is spoken
Libya, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
African Country where Spanish is spoken
Equatorial Guinea
African Country where German is spoken
Namibia
Note that this post is not about official languages of countries. Its about colonial languages that are spoken by a significant number of people in the country.
credit: GREAT AFRICA
