Item 1 of 2 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures in sign language after he signed legislation into law last month recognising sign as the country's 12th official language, alongside ...

As of 2022, Nigeria accounted for around a quarter of the total languages spoken in Africa with 520. According to the map, the most popular languages spoken there are Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo.

South Africa will now become the fourth country on the African continent to recognise sign language as an official language. The others are Kenya, Zimbabwe and Uganda.