Yussuf.net Quiz 52: language distribution and demographics

Questions

  1. Which African language has over 100 million speakers?
  2. What is the second-most spoken language in Africa after Arabic?
  3. Which African language is spoken in more than 10 countries?
  4. What country has the highest linguistic diversity in Africa?
  5. What’s the estimated number of languages spoken in Africa?
  6. What is a lingua franca?
  7. Name a lingua franca used in East Africa.
  8. Which country has Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo as major languages?
  9. Which language is most spoken in the African diaspora?

Answers

  1. Arabic
  2. Swahili
  3. Swahili
  4. Nigeria
  5. Over 2,000
  6. A common language used between speakers of different native tongues
  7. Swahili
  8. Nigeria
  9. Swahili