Which African Countries Have Arabic As An Official Language?

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Language, no matter which one, is our verbal way of communicating daily. With approximately 7,164 languages spoken throughout the entire world, there are 5 languages that are the most widely spoken. English (1,456+ million speakers), Mandarin (1,118+ million speakers), Hindi (602+ million speakers), Spanish (548+ million speakers) and French (310+ million), as provided by berlitz.com, are the popular languages on planet earth. In the 3 countries of North America there are 3 main languages spoken; English, Spanish and French. In comparison to the 54 countries on the continent of Africa where there are thousands of native languages spoken.

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Arabic is a language that originated in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula. Arabic is spoken by about 3.6% of the world’s population. Islam first came to Africa with Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in the Arab peninsula and the following countries listed below have had Arabic as an official language along with many locally indigenous languages.

ALGERIA

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Algeria is one of the countries located in the northern region of Africa. Arabic and Berber are the official languages spoken in this country. Learn more about Algeria by clicking here.

CHAD

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Chad is one of the countries located in the central region of the continent of Africa. Chadian Arabic and French are the official languages of this country but other indigenous languages spoken include Ngambai and Dadjo

COMOROS

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Comoros is one of the island nations of the continent of Africa. French, Comorian and Arabic are the official languages of this country.

DJIBOUTI

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Djibouti is one of the countries located in the eastern region of the continent of Africa. Arabic and French are the official languages of this country but Somali is the most widely spoken language

EGYPT

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Egypt is one of the countries located in the northern region of the continent of Africa. Arabic is the official language of this country and the predominant dialect is or Masri/Masry.

LIBYA

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Libya is one of the countries located in the northern region of the continent of Africa. Arabic is the official language of this country.

MAURITANIA

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Mauritania is one of the countries located in the northern region of the continent of Africa. Arabic is the official language of this country.

MOROCCO

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Morocco is one of the countries located in the northern region of the continent of Africa. Arabic and Berber are the official languages of this country.

SOMALIA

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Somalia is one of the countries located in the eastern region of the continent of Africa. Somali and Arabic are the official languages of this country.

SUDAN

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Sudan is one of the countries located in the northern region of the continent of Africa. Arabic and English are the official languages of Sudan but there are more than one hundred languages and over 500 accents in this country. Learn more about Sudan by clicking here.