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With a total population estimated at more than 1.3 billion spread out over 30.37 million square kilometers, it is only natural for the African continent to be culturally rich.
非洲的文化豐富，這對一片超過3,037萬平方公里的土地上13多億的人口而言，是再自然不過的事。
population(n.)人口
The continent is home to hundreds of ethnic groups with distinct traditions and thousands of languages.
這片大陸上住著數百個傳統各異、語言多元的族群。
be home to 是～的原產地或發源地be populated by 由～居住
In North Africa, which generally refers to the Maghreb and Egypt, Arabic is often the lingua franca if not the official language.
在通稱北非的馬格里布與埃及，阿拉伯語是官方語言以外的通用語。
lingua franca 通用語pidgin 混雜語言、洋涇濱語official language 官方語言dialect 方言
This is a result of the Arab conquest of the 7th century.
這是七世紀時期阿拉伯攻佔該區的結果。
conquest(n.)攻佔、佔領、征服
However, many people in the Maghreb still traditionally speak the Amazigh languages.
然而，許多馬格里布居民仍舊說著柏柏爾語。
traditional(adj.)傳統的Berber languages 柏柏爾語系
South of the Sahara, the Niger-Congo language family is dominant. This represents over 800 individual languages.
在撒哈拉南部，尼日剛果語系是主要溝通的語言，其涵蓋800種以上的個別語言。
dominant(adj.)主導的、主要的、佔有優勢的
Yoruba is a language with tones, just like Chinese languages.
其中跟中文一樣有著聲調的約魯巴語，
intonation(n.)（影響語意的）語調
It is spoken by almost 50 million people mainly in Nigeria and Togo.
是奈及利亞與多哥兩國境內約5,000萬人使用的主要語言。
In Madagascar, a large island east of Africa, people speak Malagasy – an Austronesian language related to the Formosan languages of Taiwan.
在東非第一大島—馬達加斯加，那裡的人民使用馬達加斯加語，該語言跟台灣南島語一樣同屬南島語系。
be related to 跟～有關
Close to 50% of the total population of Africa identify as Christian, while 42% consider themselves Muslim. The final 8% follow traditional indigenous religions.
近五成的非洲人是基督徒，另有42%的人是穆斯林，剩餘的8%則信奉當地傳統宗教。
identify as 以某身分自居indigenous(adj.)土生土長的、本土的、當地的religion(n.)宗教（信仰）
There is a stereotype that African countries are politically unstable; this is a result of borders being defined by the former colonial powers of the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, etc.
不少人對非洲國家抱持刻板印象，認為當地政治局勢不穩定，這是因為早期英國、法國、比利時、荷蘭等國按殖民勢力劃分邊界的結果，
stable(adj.)穩定的
Many were traced arbitrarily, which is why they look very angular.
非洲國家因此遭武斷地劃分，這是為什麼如今它們看起來都有稜有角。
trace(v.)描摹、勾勒出輪廓arbitrary(adj.)武斷的、霸道的angle(n.)角度