What is the main language people speak in Africa?

Africa is a vast continent with over 1.3 billion people and over 2000 different languages. There is no single main language spoken in Africa. The most widely spoken languages in Africa include:

- Arabic (spoken in North Africa and parts of East Africa)

- Swahili (spoken in East Africa)

- Hausa (spoken in West Africa)

- Yoruba (spoken in West Africa)

- Igbo (spoken in West Africa)

- Amharic (spoken in Ethiopia)

- Oromo (spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya)

- Somali (spoken in Somalia and parts of Ethiopia and Kenya)

English, French and Portuguese are also widely spoken in Africa due to the colonial history of the continent.