Languages

Arabic

  • Number of Speakers: 280 million
  • Official in (Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)
  • Writing system: Arabic Alphabet

Turkish

  • Number of Speakers: 83 million
  • Official in (Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Cyprus)
  • Writing system: Latin alphabet

Farsi

  • Number of Speakers: 70 million
  • Official in (Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan)
  • Writing system: Perso-Arabic script

Hebrew

  • Number of Speakers: 9 million
  • Official in (Israel)
  • Writing system: Hebrew alphabet

Kurdish

  • Number of Speakers: 35 million
  • Official in (Iraq, Iran, Armenia)
  • Writing system: Kurdish alphabet

Dari

  • Number of Speakers: 15 million
  • Official in (Afghanistan)
  • Writing system: Dari-Arabic script

Urdu

  • Number of Speakers: 65 million
  • Official in (Pakistan, India)
  • Writing system: Urdu Alphabet

Afrikaans

  • Number of Speakers: 15:23 million
  • Official in (South Africa)
  • Writing system: Latin

Amharic

  • Number of Speakers: 25 million
  • Official in (Ethiopia & some regions)
  • Writing system: Ge’ez alphabet abugida

Hausa

  • Number of Speakers: 43 million
  • Official in (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo)
  • Writing system: Latin

Igbo

  • Number of Speakers: 20:25 million
  • Official in (Nigeria)
  • Writing system: Latin

Kinyarwanda

  • Number of Speakers: 12 million
  • Official in (Rwanda)
  • Writing system: Latin

Sesotho

  • Number of Speakers: 5 million
  • Official in (Lesotho, South Africa)
  • Writing system: Latin

Somali

  • Number of Speakers: 16 million
  • Official in (Somalia)
  • Writing system: Latin, Arabic, Osmanya script

Swahili

  • Number of Speakers:50 million
  • Official in (African Union, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
  • Writing system: Latin, Arabic

Yoruba

  • Number of Speakers: 20 million
  • Official in (Nigeria)
  • Writing system: Latin

Xhosa

  • Number of Speakers:8 million
  • Official in (South Africa)
  • Writing system: Latin

Zulu

  • Number of Speakers: 26 million
  • Official in (South Africa)
  • Writing system: Latin