Africa is a vast and diverse continent, rich in culture, languages, and history. The term “Africa” itself, while universally recognized, has various translations across the world’s languages, reflecting the global familiarity and significance of the continent. Here, we explore how the name “Africa” is expressed in 70 different languages, showcasing the linguistic diversity and connectivity across the globe.
Here is a list of how to say “Africa” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Ah-free-ka
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – أفريقيا (Afreeqia) | Pronunciation: Af-ree-qi-ya
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Աֆրիկա (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Ah-free-ka
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Афрыка (Afryka) | Pronunciation: Af-ry-ka
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – আফ্রিকা (Africa) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Африка (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Àfrica | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Africa | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ca
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Aafrika | Pronunciation: Ah-fri-ka
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – آفریقا (Afrigha) | Pronunciation: Af-ree-gha
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Afrikka | Pronunciation: Af-rik-ka
- French (🇫🇷) – Afrique | Pronunciation: Af-reek
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – აფრიკა (Aprika) | Pronunciation: Ap-ri-ka
- German (🇩🇪) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Αφρική (Afriki) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-kee
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אפריקה (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ree-kah
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – अफ़्रीका (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ree-ka
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Afríka | Pronunciation: Af-ree-ka
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – An Afraic | Pronunciation: An Af-rik
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Africa | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ca
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – アフリカ (Afurika) | Pronunciation: A-fu-ri-ka
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Африка (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – អាហ្វ្រិក (Aafrik) | Pronunciation: Ah-frik
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 아프리카 (Apeurika) | Pronunciation: Ah-pu-ri-ka
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Afrîka | Pronunciation: Af-ree-ka
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Африка (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ອາຟຣິກາ (Aafrika) | Pronunciation: Ah-fri-ka
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Āfrika | Pronunciation: Ah-fri-ka
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Африка (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 非洲 (Fēizhōu) | Pronunciation: Fay-joe
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – आफ्रिका (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Aa-fri-ka
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Африк (Afrik) | Pronunciation: Af-rik
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – अफ्रिका (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – افریقا (Afriqa) | Pronunciation: Af-ree-qa
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – آفریقا (Afriqa) | Pronunciation: Af-ree-qa
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Afryka | Pronunciation: Af-ry-ka
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – África | Pronunciation: Ah-fri-ca
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Africa | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ca
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Африка (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Африка (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – අප්රිකාව (Aprikava) | Pronunciation: Ap-ri-ka-va
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – África | Pronunciation: Ah-fri-ca
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Африка (Afrika) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – ஆப்பிரிக்கா (Aappirikkaa) | Pronunciation: Aa-pi-rik-ka
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఆఫ్రికా (Aafrikaa) | Pronunciation: Aa-fri-kaa
- Thai (🇹🇭) – แอฟริกา (Aefrika) | Pronunciation: Aef-ri-ga
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Африка (Afryka) | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – افریقہ (Afriqah) | Pronunciation: Af-ree-qah
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Afrika | Pronunciation: Af-ri-ka
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Châu Phi | Pronunciation: Chow Fee
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Affrica | Pronunciation: Af-rica
