Languages of the country

Djibouti

Official languages (2): French, Arabic. Population (CLDR): 995 thousand.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
French français Co-official 50%
Arabic العربية Co-official 7.3%
Afar Qafaraf Widely used 42%
Somali Soomaali Widely used 41%

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