Most Spoken Languages of Africa

Name the most spoken languages (native + non-native) in Africa.

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Answer	Regions with Most Speakers	# of Speakers
English	Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana	237 000 000
Arabic (all varieties)	Egypt, Sudan, Algeria	200 000 000
French	DRC, Algeria, Morocco	167 000 000
Nigerian Pidgin	Nigeria	120 700 000
Modern Standard Arabic	Egypt, Sudan, Algeria	115 000 000
Egyptian Arabic	Egypt, Sudan	103 000 000
Swahili	Tanzania, Kenya, DRC	88 300 000
Hausa	Nigeria, Niger, Benin	88 000 000
Lingala	DRC, R Congo, Angola	80 000 000
Amharic	Ethiopia	60 000 000
Sudanese Arabic	Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea	48 000 000
Yoruba	Nigeria, Benin, Ghana	47 000 000
Oromo	Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan	45 500 000
Algerian Arabic	Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia	41 000 000
Moroccan Arabic	Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria	40 000 000
Fulani	Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea	39 700 000
Portuguese	Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau	35 000 000
Igbo	Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana	31 000 000
Zulu	South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho	29 000 000
Ṣaʽīdi Arabic	Egypt	25 000 000
Somali	Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia	24 000 000