Thirty-one languages, spoken by well over half a billion people between them. Every one translates instantly with pronunciation you can actually read out loud, plus a full lesson path with AI pronunciation audio, hearts and XP.
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Swahili Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, DR Congo around 200 million, mostly as a second language Yoruba Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and a large diaspora in Brazil, Cuba and the US around 45 million Zulu South Africa, with speakers in Eswatini, Lesotho and Zimbabwe around 12 million first-language speakers Igbo Southeastern Nigeria around 30 million Hausa Northern Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Chad, Cameroon around 80 million including second-language speakers Amharic Ethiopia around 60 million including second-language speakers Xhosa South Africa, especially the Eastern and Western Cape around 8 million first-language speakers Shona Zimbabwe, with speakers in Mozambique and Zambia around 15 million Somali Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and a global diaspora around 20 million Oromo Ethiopia and northern Kenya around 37 million Twi Ghana around 20 million including second-language speakers Wolof Senegal, The Gambia, Mauritania around 12 million including second-language speakers Lingala DR Congo, Republic of the Congo around 40 million including second-language speakers Kinyarwanda Rwanda, with close relatives in Burundi and Uganda around 12 million Luganda Uganda, especially the central region and Kampala around 20 million including second-language speakers Tigrinya Eritrea and northern Ethiopia around 9 million Sesotho Lesotho and South Africa around 8 million Setswana Botswana and South Africa around 8 million Afrikaans South Africa and Namibia around 17 million including second-language speakers Fula Across the Sahel from Senegal to Sudan around 35 million Bambara Mali, with speakers in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea around 15 million including second-language speakers Ewe Ghana and Togo around 7 million Ga Greater Accra, Ghana around 2 million Chichewa Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe around 12 million Kikuyu Central Kenya around 8 million Tshivenda Limpopo, South Africa, and southern Zimbabwe around 1.5 million Sango Central African Republic around 5 million including second-language speakers Krio Sierra Leone around 7 million including second-language speakers Malagasy Madagascar around 25 million Berber (Tamazight) Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mali, Niger around 30 million across its varieties Nobiin Northern Sudan along the Nile, and southern Egypt around Aswan and Kom Ombo roughly 500,000 to 1 million Translate between African languages Direct pairs, not routed through English — the thing mainstream apps do not do.
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