Languages Used in Government, Administration,
and Education in Africa
and Education in Africa
French Speaking Countries in Africa
Click here for French homepage: DIBICA
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BENIN
Official Language: French Capital: Porto Novo |
COMOROS
(Federal Islamic Rep.) Official Languages: Arabic and French Capital: Moroni |
GUINEA
Official Language: French Capital: Conakry |
MAYOTTE
Official Language: French Capital: Dzaoudzi |
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BURKINA FASO
Official Language: French Capital: Ouagadougou |
DEM REP CONGO (formerly Zaire)
Official Language: French Capital: Kinshasa |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Official Language: Spanish and French Capital: Malabo |
NIGER
Official Language: French Capital: Niamey |
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BURUNDI
Official Languages: French, Kirundi, and Kiswahili Capital: Bujumbura |
CONGO (Rep.of )
Official Language: French Capital: Braazaville |
MADAGASCAR
Official Languages: Madagasy and French Capital: Antananarivo |
REUNION
Official Language: French Capital: St. Denis |
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CAMEROON
Official Languages: French and English Capital: Yaounde |
COTE D’IVOIRE
Official Language: French Capital: Abidjan |
MALI
Official Language: French Capital: Bamako |
RWANDA
Official Languages: French and Kinyarwanda Capital: Kigali |
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Official Language: French Capital: Bangui |
DJIBOUTI
Official Languages: Arabic and French Capital: Djibouti |
MAURITANIA
(Islamic Rep. of) Official Languages: Arabic and French Capital: Nouakchott |
SENEGAL
Official Languages: Wolof and French Capital: Dakar SEYCHELLES
Official Languages: Creole, English and French Capital: Victoria TOGO
Official Language: French Capital: Lome |
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CHAD
Official Language: French Capital: N’Djamena |
GABON
Official Language: French Capital: Libreville |
MAURITIUS
Official Languages: English and French Capital: Port Louis |
French Used in Government and Education
| ALGERIA Official Language: Arabic Capital: Algiers |
MOROCCO (Al-Mamlaka al-Maghrebia) Official Language: Arabic Capital: Rabat |
TUNISIA (Al-Djoumhouri Attunisia) Official Language: Arabic Capital: Tunis |
English Speaking Countries in Africa
Click here for English homepage: DACB
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BOTSWANA
Official Language: English Capital: Gaborone |
LESOTHO
(Kingdom of) Official Languages: Sesotho and English Capital: Maseru |
NIGERIA
Official Language: English Capital: Abuja |
SWAZILAND
(Kingdom of) Official Languages: English and Siswati Capital: Mbabane |
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CAMEROON
Official Languages: French and English Capital: Yaounde |
LIBERIA
Official Language: English Capital: Monrovia |
SEYCHELLES
Official Languages: Creole, English and French Capital: Victoria |
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GAMBIA
Official Language: English Capital: Banjul |
MALAWI
Official Languages: Chichewa and English Capital: Lilongwe |
SIERRA LEONE
Official Language: English Capital: Freetown |
UGANDA
Official Language: English, Kiswahili, Luganda, Luo Capital: Kampala |
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GHANA
Official Language: English Capital: Accra |
MAURITIUS
Official Languages: English and French Capital: Port Louis |
SOUTH AFRICA
Official Languages: English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, SiSwati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu Capital: Cape Town (legislative); Pretoria (administrative); Bloemfontein (judicial) |
ZAMBIA
Official Language: English Capital: Lusaka |
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KENYA
Official Languages: Kiswahili and English Capital: Nairobi |
NAMIBIA
Official Language: English Capital: Windhoek |
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ZIMBABWE
Official Languages: English, Shona, Ndebele Capital: Harare |
Countries where Kiswahili is an Official Language
Click here for Swahili homepage: KAWAKIA
| BURUNDI Official Languages: French, Kirundi, Kiswahili Capital: Bujumbura |
TANZANIA Official Languages: Kiswahili and English Capital: Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (administrative) |
UGANDA Official Language: English, Kiswahili, Luganda, Luo Capital: Kampala |
| KENYA Official Languages: Kiswahili and English Capital: Nairobi |
Countries where Portuguese is an Official Language
Click here for Portuguese homepage: DIBICA
| ANGOLA Official Language: Portuguese Capital: Luanda |
GUINEA-BISSAU Official Language: Portuguese Capital: Bissau |
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Official Language: Portuguese Capital: Sao Tome |
| CAPE VERDE Official Languages: Portuguese and Creole Capital: Praia |
MOZAMBIQUE Official Language: Portuguese Capital: Maputo |
Countries where Arabic is an Official Language
| ALGERIA Official Language: Arabic Capital: Algiers |
EGYPT Official Language: Arabic Capital: Cairo |
MOROCCO (Al-Mamlaka al-Maghrebia) Official Language: Arabic Capital: Rabat |
TUNISIA (Al-Djoumhouri Attunisia) Official Language: Arabic Capital: Tunis |
| COMOROS (Federal Islamic Rep.) Official Languages: Arabic and French Capital: Moroni |
LIBYA Official Language: Arabic Capital: Tripoli/Benghazi |
SOMALIA Official Languages: Somali and Arabic Capital: Mogadishu |
WESTERN SAHARA Official Language: Arabic Capital: El Aiun |
| DJIBOUTI Official Languages: Arabic and French Capital: Djibouti |
MAURITANIA (Islamic Republic of) Official Languages: Arabic and French Capital: Nouakchott |
SUDAN Official Language: Arabic Capital: Khartoum |
Other Official Languages used in Africa
| BURUNDI Official Languages: French, Kirundi, Kiswahili Capital: Bujumbura |
LESOTHO (Kingdom of) Official Languages: Sesotho and English Capital: Maseru |
SENEGAL Official Languages: Wolof and French Capital: Dakar |
SOUTH AFRICA Official Languages: English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, SiSwati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu Capital: Cape Town (legislative); Pretoria (administrative); Bloemfontein (judicial) |
| CAPE VERDE Official Languages: Portuguese and Creole Capital: Praia |
MADAGASCAR Official Languages: Malagasy and French Capital: Antananarivo |
SEYCHELLES Official Languages: Creole, English and French Capital: Victoria |
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| EQUITORIAL GUINEA Official Language: Spanish Capital: Malabo |
MALAWI Official Languages: Chichewa and English Capital: Lilongwe |
SOMALIA Official Languages: Somali and Arabic Capital: Mogadishu |
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| ERITREA Official Language: Trigrinya Capital: Asmara |
RWANDA Official Languages: French and Kinyarwanda Capital: Kigali |
SWAZILAND (Kingdom of) Official Languages: English and Siswati Capital: Mbabane |
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| ETHIOPIA Official Language: Amharic Capital: Addis Ababa |
LESOTHO (Kingdom of) Official Languages: Sesotho and English Capital: Maseru |
UGANDA Official Language: English, Kiswahili, Luganda, Luo Capital: Kampala |
ZIMBABWE Official Languages: English, Shona, Ndebele Capital: Harare |