GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -As a former Spanish colony, the country maintains Spanish as its official language alongside French and recently (as of 2010) Portuguese, being the only African country (aside from the largely unrecognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) where Spanish is an official language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Equatorial Guinea is a country in Africa. People often don’t know that this country’s official language is Spanish. Equatorial Guinea is not the closest African country to Spain, but it is the only African country that communicates using the Spanish language.

Detailed explanation-3: -Official Languages of Equatorial Guinea Spanish is both an official and national language of Equatorial Guinea. The local dialect is known as Equatoguinean Spanish and is spoken by about 70% of the population.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Spanish Guinea (Spanish: Guinea Española) was a set of insular and continental territories controlled by Spain from 1778 in the Gulf of Guinea and on the Bight of Bonny, in Central Africa. It gained independence in 1968 as Equatorial Guinea.