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Equatorial Guinea

Languages

Description

Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa, with an area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name evokes its location near both the Equator and the Gulf of Guinea. As of 2015, the country had a population of 1,225,367.

The Languages are:

• Equatoguinean Spanish
• French
• Portuguese
• Indigenous languages include Fang, Bube, Benga, Ndowe, Balengue, Bujeba, Bissio, Gumu, Igbo, Pichinglis, Fa d'Ambô and the nearly extinct Baseke.

Word List(s)

• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• Portuguese Genealogical Word List
• French Genealogical Word List
• Useful Spanish Phrases - Omniglot
• Useful French Phrases - Omniglot
• Useful Portuguese Phrases - Omniglot

Alphabet and Pronunciation

• Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot --- includes Equatoguinean Spanish
• French Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot
• Portuguese Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot

References

• Wikipedia Equatorial Guinea
• World Reference