* Arabic (official language of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia)
* Berber (spoken by the Berber people in Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia)
* Chadian Arabic (spoken in Chad)
* Egyptian Arabic (spoken in Egypt)
* Hassaniya Arabic (spoken in Mauritania and Western Sahara)
* Libyan Arabic (spoken in Libya)
* Moroccan Arabic (spoken in Morocco)
* Saharan Arabic (spoken in Algeria, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia)
* Tunisian Arabic (spoken in Tunisia)
Nilo-Saharan languages
* Kanuri (spoken in Chad and Niger)
* Songhai (spoken in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso)
* Teda (spoken in Chad and Niger)
* Zaghawa (spoken in Chad and Sudan)
Niger-Congo languages
* Fulfulde (spoken in Chad, Mali, Niger, and Sudan)
* Hausa (spoken in Chad, Niger, and Nigeria)
* Mande languages (spoken in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso)
* Wolof (spoken in Mauritania and Senegal)