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Extension modules can be, and are, written in Rust and C++. And PyPy has a compatibility layer to run extensions (such as numpy) that are written for CPython.
The reason extension modules are typically in C is of course the API is in C, but that's true of
cffi
as well (though you're right thatcffi
is more portable). And the reason the API is in C is more fundamental than "CPython is written in C".