West Africa PhraseBook

West Africa comprises the sixteen countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. This area boasts hundreds of language groups who all share a similar culture.

If you plan to travel or work in West Africa, the West Africa Phrase book will help. The book contains a concise overview of each country with government contact information and parallel phrases in the most commonly encountered languages:

English
French
Bambara
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CountryOfficial Language(s)Population
BeninFrench10 million
Burkina FasoFrench, Mòoré, Mandinka, Bambara15.75 million
Cape VerdePortuguese.5 million
GambiaEnglish1.9 million
GhanaEnglish24.2 million
GuineaFrench10 million
Guinea-BissauPortuguese1.6 million
Ivory CoastFrench22.4 million
LiberiaEnglish2.4 million
MaliFrench14.5 million
MauritaniaArabic3.4 million
NigerFrench17.1 million
NigeriaEnglish174.5 million
SenegalFrench13.5 million
Sierra LeoneEnglish6 million
TogoFrench6.7 million
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