Which African Countries Have Spanish As An Official Language?

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Language, no matter which one, is our verbal way of communicating daily. With approximately 7,164 languages spoken throughout the entire world, there are 5 languages that are the most widely spoken. English (1,456+ million speakers), Mandarin (1,118+ million speakers), Hindi (602+ million speakers), Spanish (548+ million speakers) and French (310+ million), as provided by berlitz.com, are the popular languages on planet earth. In the 3 countries of North America there are 3 main languages spoken; English, Spanish and French. In comparison to the 54 countries on the continent of Africa where there are thousands of native languages spoken.

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Spanish is a language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula, which is modern-day Spain, Portugal, and the southern part of France. It is the official language of 21 countries and is spoken by about 3.3% of the world’s population. Due to the unfortunate history of colonialism, there are countries who were colonized by Spain and forced to adapt to its languages, cultures and customs. Even after gaining back their independence, the country in Africa listed below has Spanish as an official language along with many locally indigenous languages.

Equatorial Guinea

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Equatorial Guinea is one of the countries located in the central region of the continent of Africa and is the only country in Africa with Spanish as the official language. This country has 3 official languages; Spanish, French and Portuguese. Learn more about Equatorial Guinea by clicking here.

Also See:

African Countries With Portuguese As An Official Language

African Countries With English As An Official Language

African Countries With French As An Official Language

African Countries With Arabic As An Official Language

African Countries With Swahili As An Official Language

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