Which of the following statements about languages in sub-Saharan Africa is true?

Many sub-Saharan African countries retained a European language, such as English, French, or Portuguese, as an official language after colonial rule. The other statements are not generally true: many countries have multiple official languages, populations often speak many different languages, and Khoisan click languages account for only a small share of the region’s languages.

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