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Languages of the African Union
The languages of the African Union (AU) are languages used by citizens within the member states of the AU. The Union has defined all languages of Africa as official, and currently uses Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese as its working languages Article 25 of the Constitutive Act of African Union, due to the Arab conquest of North Africa and colonization making the languages of Europe linguas franca in various parts of Africa.
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