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Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by macof(m): 12:15am On Nov 11, 2014 |
Hausa if first for native speakers due to population. Kiswahili is first in general terms Arabic is first non-African origin language That simple |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Fulaman198(m): 2:40am On Nov 11, 2014 |
Bororojo: A haali gonga |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Fulaman198(m): 2:45am On Nov 11, 2014 |
macof: I don't agree, There are many people who speak Hausa as a second language like most Fulani people, Kanuri people, Zarma/Songhai people, and a lot of minority groups in Arewa. 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by scholes0(m): 9:49am On Nov 11, 2014 |
macof: This one does not know what is really going on. 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by soarbeyond(m): 12:04pm On Dec 20, 2014 |
macof:Oromo and Amharic are the two most widely spoken native language in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is second most populous country in Africa with about 87 million people. Im sure it's clear now, how they got on the list. |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Nobody: 6:26am On Dec 21, 2014 |
macof:Good qsn. |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Waridi: 5:33am On Jan 09, 2015 |
I agree more correct statistics for Kenya swahili will be 99%. Uganda maybe 30% |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Rotimi47: 12:23pm On Sep 20, 2015 |
OneNaira6:Yoruba is spoken in more African countries than Fulani. Google search. |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Wulfruna(f): 1:31pm On Sep 20, 2015 |
Rotimi47: Yoruba language : Togo, Benin Republic, Nigeria Fulfude (Fulani language) : Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Benin Republic, Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Central African Republic. 3 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by macof(m): 4:57pm On Sep 20, 2015 |
Wulfruna: ![]() ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Wulfruna(f): 5:18pm On Sep 20, 2015 |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Fulaman198(m): 6:10am On Sep 21, 2015 |
Rotimi47: You have no idea what you are talking about or you are not very familiar with Fulani people. 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Fulaman198(m): 6:14am On Sep 21, 2015 |
Wulfruna: Guinea-Bissau can be added to the list as well as some parts of Ghana (though in Ghana far less prevalent than Hausa speakers). I'm not too sure about Cote D'ivoire (I've never seen a Pullo from Ivory Coast) so your list is about 95% accurate ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by daxlasaint(m): 6:40am On Sep 21, 2015 |
Fulaman198: This Yoruba man is just being his usual Yoruba prejudiced self... forgive him my brother, it's inbred in his genes... |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by macof(m): 8:27pm On Sep 21, 2015 |
daxlasaint: Oh please shut up ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by daxlasaint(m): 8:46pm On Sep 21, 2015 |
macof: No need to cry bro... man up and accept simple truth |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by alanmwene: 8:11pm On Sep 22, 2015 |
Swahili is the most widely spoken African language and also the most beautiful.Who speaks hausa? 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Fulaman198(m): 9:36pm On Sep 22, 2015 |
alanmwene: That's your opinion 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Fulaman198(m): 9:49pm On Sep 22, 2015 |
@Daxlasaint, An a pullo Nigeria? ha toy a woni? A nani Fulfulde? |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by daxlasaint(m): 9:56pm On Sep 22, 2015 |
Fulaman198: Am fully urhobo |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Fulaman198(m): 10:09pm On Sep 22, 2015 |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by daxlasaint(m): 10:30pm On Sep 22, 2015 |
Fulaman198: Pipeline fulani, cos we follow our pipes like a fulani herdsman follows his cows from pasture to pasture 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Fulaman198(m): 11:02pm On Sep 22, 2015 |
daxlasaint: Oh got it, thanks hero 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Nobody: 4:35am On Sep 23, 2015 |
alanmwene: Lol! Hater |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by alanmwene: 12:46pm On Oct 07, 2015 |
ZelrothCloven:So to speak the truth is to be a hater?How many people speak hausa compare to Swahili?Wiith Tanzania(40millions) and Kenya(36 millions) you already have ways more people speaking Swahili than hausa.Then add Drc,uganda,zambia,comores.....etc...Don't forget that 3 out of 4 Somalis speak Swahili and a lot of Ethiopians as well.Beauty wise there is no contest between Swahili and hausa.Swahili wins hand down! Swahili song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcFfSGdbcjQ Versus hausa song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2V3hdVTf0 |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Wulfruna(f): 1:27pm On Oct 07, 2015 |
alanmwene: What you are making here is misleading comparison for a number of reasons. First, the people in the second video are not Hausa, but Fulani. And as the setting is a traditional Fulani setting, I'd wager that the language they were speaking there is Fulfude, and not Hausa. Second, if you are trying to compare the aesthetic quality of two languages, you don't post one video of talented female vocalists doing a modern pop song, and then try to compare with another video of non-professional singer-males doing an off-key chant (not even a real song) in a traditional setting. 2 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by kaura5000: 2:06pm On Oct 07, 2015 |
Mr swahili lets do the calculations..nigeria is a nation of almost 180 million.. lets say 80 million in the north speak hausa add that with almost 20 million of niger republic.. add with almost 6 million in northern ghana, add with cameroon,togo,benin,sudan,chad,ivorycoast, etc alanmwene: |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Nobody: 2:31pm On Oct 07, 2015 |
alanmwene: Lol! These are fulanis dumb as*! 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by alanmwene: 5:53pm On Oct 07, 2015 |
kaura5000:first of all I doubt there are 80 millions of people living in the north of Nigeria.My best estimate will be at most 50 millions of people.For the sake of the argument,lets suppose that there are 80 millions of people speaking hausa in north Nigeria,lets make the calculations: Hausa: ngeria 80millions niger 20 millions rest 10 millions Total=110 millions that pretty much the highest estimate of the number of people speaking hausa Swahili Tanzania=40millions Kenya =36millions congo =30 millions Uganda =15million Rwanda =10millions that is already ways higher than the highest estimate of the number of people speaking hausa.IF add Burundi,zambia,zimbabeans,ethiopians,somalis,zambians,comores....... 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Baayanjida(m): 3:28am On Feb 05, 2016 |
alanmwene: You have no idea what you are talking about, Nigeria with it massive population of 185 million , is the most popular country in Africa (the China of Africa) ,and Hausa speakers in Nigeria alone stand over 50% of the population. Hausa is spoken in over 15 countries in Africa . The Hausa speakers (1st and 2nd speakers) in Nigeria alone are more than Swahili speakers in Kenya, Tanzania, Congo and Rwanda combined. Chad basin is the the most popular region in Africa for over 500 years to date, and Hausa has been the dominant language since. You are being so sarcastic and ignorant . There are over 18 millions Hausa speakers in Niger,5 millions in Ghana, 2 millions in Togo,6 millions in Bénin, 3 millions in Chad,7 millions in Cameroon,1 million in Côte D'ivoire, 1 in Guinée Bissau, 2 millions in Sénégal, 3.5 millions in Mali,1 million in Libya, 2 millions in Sudan, and S.Sudan (Sudanese Hausa have their own Movies in Sudan). West African is more populated Than East Africa. Hausa was the first African language to ever Broadcast on international Radio (BBC) in March 1954. The first ever African newspaper (with exception of Arabic ) was printed in Hausa in 1910 using Ajami script , Arabic is not African. By the way, Hausa is more beautiful sound than Bantu Kishiwahili ( Kishiwahili is 65% of Arabic loan words not proper Bantu) . Hausa is Afro-Asiatic language itself with over 80% of it genetic related to other Afro-Asiatic languages. Hausa uses only 10% of Arabic loans words (20% in Islamic perspective or the translation of Quran) since the beginning of Trans-Saharan trade in 11th century, and the rest of 80% words are Chadic whom Hausa is part of and the other 10% comes from neighboring languages mostly Nilo-Saharan (Kanuri and Songhai). I would rather learn to speak Somali, Amharic or Oromo which are very related to Hausa as second language than Kishiwahili if I really want to sound phonetically more Arabic than Bantu. 4 Likes |
Re: Top 10 Most Spoken Languages In All Of Africa by Nobody: 4:18am On Feb 05, 2016 |
Baayanjida: K.O!!! |
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