| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | SOUTH AFRICA $800: Of South Africa's 12 official languages, this 4-letter African one is the most spoken in the country Zulu |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | LANGUAGES $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the group of 500 or more related African languages that include Xhosa & Swahili Bantu |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | LANGUAGES $1600: About 20 million in this East African nation speak Amharic Ethiopia |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the official language in 5 African countries, including Mozambique & Cape Verde Portuguese |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $800: This African country born in 2011:
English & Arabic South Sudan |
| #6358, aired 2012-04-18 | CULTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) The Khoisan family of languages gave its click sound to some of this southern African group of over 500 languages, including Xhosa Bantu |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | IT ENDS WITH "U" $1600: Malcolm Guthrie wrote a 4-volume reference, now the standard, on this group of African languages Bantu |
| #5334, aired 2007-11-15 | AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB $2000: The marimba was popularized in Central America, but the word is from this sub-Saharan group of about 500 langs. the Bantu languages |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | 3 OF A KIND $1000: Sinhala,
Xhosa,
Novial languages |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | "T" ZONES $400: This African republic's 2 official languages are English & Swahili Tanzania |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | LANGUAGES & DIALECTS $2000: The official languages of this small African kingdom are siSwati & English Swaziland |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | ENDS IN "TU" $1600: This group of African languages that has more than 50 million speakers is said to have originated in Cameroon the Bantu languages |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | BOMB THE "BAN" $600: Including Zulu & Xhosa, it's an African language group of over 500 languages Bantu |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | AFRICAN LANGUAGES $400: The Nubian languages are mostly spoken along this river (between cataracts 1 & 4) Nile |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | AFRICAN LANGUAGES $800: Hausa, one of the few Chadic languages with a written form, switched from the Arabic alphabet to this one Roman |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | AFRICAN LANGUAGES $1200: The dialect of Lamu in Kenya has produced classic poetry in this Bantu language Swahili |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | AFRICAN LANGUAGES $1600: Semitic languages are named for Shem; this group of languages, for another of Noah's sons Hamitic |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | AFRICAN LANGUAGES $2000: A disapproving sound using the tongue is a version of this sound for which some Afr. tongues are named the click |
| #4374, aired 2003-09-18 | LANGUAGES $800: 1 of 2 African nations for which Portuguese is the official language (1 of) Angola or Mozambique |
| #4241, aired 2003-01-27 | LANGUAGES $2000: Thailand is home to Thai & this African country is home to Rundi Burundi |
| #4237, aired 2003-01-21 | OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $800: Official language in common to the Central African Republic & Canada French |
| #3857, aired 2001-05-15 | THE U.N. $400: The seventh Secretary-General, he's fluent in English, French & several African languages Kofi Annan |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | AFRICAN ISLANDS $800: Malagasy, 1 of its 2 official languages, is of Indonesian origin Madagascar |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | REALLY FOREIGN LANGUAGES $1000: English & Siswati are the official languages of this small landlocked African nation Swaziland |
| #2829, aired 1996-12-12 | LANGUAGES $200: Brazilians have added words from African slaves & the Tupi Indians to this language Portuguese |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | LANGUAGES $200: Most of the people in this African country speak Kinyarwanda, a Bantu language Rwanda |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | LANGUAGES $400: Tamashak is the language of the Tuareg people of this North African desert the Sahara |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | LANGUAGES $600: Brazilians enriched this language by adding words from African slaves & the Tupi Indians Portuguese |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | LANGUAGES $1000: Zulu & Swahili are among the best-known languages of this African language group Bantu |
| #1684, aired 1991-12-19 | LANGUAGES $400: Exclamation marks & slashes represent the unusual sounds produced in this group of African languages the click languages |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | LANGUAGES $1000: Though English is official, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba all have millions of speakers in this African country Nigeria |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | LANGUAGES $500: Hausa, Yoruba & Ibo are the principal African languages spoken in this country Nigeria |
| #1194, aired 1989-11-09 | LANGUAGES $1000: The official languages of the east African country of Djibouti are Arabic & this French |
| #1063, aired 1989-03-29 | LANGUAGES $1000: This Haitian language is a mixture of African dialects & French Creole |
| #912, aired 1988-07-19 | LANGUAGES $1000: Amharic, a Semitic language, is the official language of this African country Ethiopia |
| #875, aired 1988-05-27 | AFRICA $400: Cameroon is the only mainland African country that has both French & this as official languages English |
