Languages of the country

Zambia

Official language: English. Multilingualism according to CLDR (Greenberg index): 0.80 (multilingualism map). Population (CLDR): 21 million.

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
English Official 16%
Bemba Ichibemba Widely used 34%
Nyanja Chichewa Widely used 19%
Tonga (Zambia) Widely used 11%
Lozi Minority 5.5%
Tumbuka Minority 2.6%

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