Languages of West Africa Quiz
The official language of each of 15 West African countries. Four options per question, with the complete list below the game.
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About the languages of West Africa
This quiz covers the 15 countries of West Africa that have a single official language. Countries with several — Belgium, Switzerland, Canada — are left out, because a question with three right answers cannot be marked fairly.
The countries here run from Niger at 1,267,000 km² to Cape Verde at 4,033 km², and from 237.5 million in Nigeria down to 527 thousand in Cape Verde.
Between them those 15 countries speak 4 different official languages. French is the most common, official in 8 of them — colonial history is most of the reason a language quiz is not the same shape as a map.
Distractors are taken from countries in the same region and never repeat a language, so the four options in a West Africa question are always four genuinely different answers.
All 15 countries of West Africa and their languages
| Flag | Country | Language | Capital | Population | Area |
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Benin | French | Porto-Novo | 14,814,460 | 112,622 km² |
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Burkina Faso | French | Ouagadougou | 24,074,580 | 272,967 km² |
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Cape Verde | Portuguese | Praia | 527,326 | 4,033 km² |
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Côte d'Ivoire | French | Yamoussoukro | 32,711,547 | 322,463 km² |
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Gambia | English | Banjul | 2,822,093 | 10,689 km² |
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Ghana | English | Accra | 35,064,272 | 238,533 km² |
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Guinea | French | Conakry | 15,099,727 | 245,857 km² |
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Liberia | English | Monrovia | 5,731,206 | 111,369 km² |
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Mali | French | Bamako | 25,198,821 | 1,240,192 km² |
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Mauritania | Arabic | Nouakchott | 5,315,065 | 1,030,700 km² |
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Niger | French | Niamey | 27,917,831 | 1,267,000 km² |
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Nigeria | English | Abuja | 237,527,782 | 923,768 km² |
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Senegal | French | Dakar | 18,931,966 | 196,722 km² |
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Sierra Leone | English | Freetown | 8,819,794 | 71,740 km² |
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Togo | French | Lomé | 8,591,626 | 56,785 km² |
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Frequently asked questions
How many countries are in this quiz?
This quiz covers all 15 entries in West Africa. Questions are drawn from the full set, and the complete list appears in the table on this page.
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No. There is no sign-up and no login. Your score stays in your own browser and is never sent anywhere.
How are the wrong answers chosen?
Deliberately, not at random. Each question prefers flags that are genuinely confusable with the right answer, then countries from the same sub-region, so guessing by elimination does not work.
Is it free?
Yes, completely free with no limit on how many times you play.