Language data for Guinea

According to the 2014 census of Guinea, the country has 22 major languages. French is the country’s official language, but is used almost exclusively as a second language. Six indigenous languages have the status of national languages: Pular (or Fula), Maninka, Susu, Kissi, Kpelle and Toma. According to the census (see chart below), Pular is […]

Language data for Nicaragua

The official language of Nicaragua is Spanish; however, according to the Nicaraguan Population Census from 2007, Nicaraguans on the Caribbean coast speak both Indigenous languages and English. Some of the most common Indigenous languages include Miskito, Sumo, and Rama. The Nicaraguan Census survey accounted for all people who spoke an Indigenous language, making no difference […]

Language data for Ethiopia

  There are between 45 and 86 languages spoken in Ethiopia. Amharic is the government’s official language and a widely used lingua franca, but as of 2007, only 29% of the population reported speaking Amharic as their main language. Oromo is spoken by over a third of the population as their main language and is […]

Annual Report 2020

The TWB 2020 report highlights how the year 2020 brought unprecedented global crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and social and political upheaval. The need for credible and multilingual information became a matter of life and death, and the we expanded our work to meet this need.  Our linguists, supporters, sponsors, partners, and advocates […]