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This contributor estimates 150 million, divided as follows: Tanzania and Kenya 90 million , D.R.C. 25,000, Rwanda and Burundi 10 million, elsewhere 8 million. The estimate is based on current population estimates found in Wikipedia and statoids.com (for Congo), joined by the contributor's 45 years of living and traveling in the Swahili areas. Wikipedia has a helpful linguistic map of the Congo.
Swahili is the national language of Kenya (with English) and Tanzania and is used in government, school,s mass-communication media, the armed services, entertainment media, etc. A fairly small percentage of people speak it as a first language (probably 20 per cent and growing), children learning it from friends and at school. The estimate here is that about half of the people of Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi speak Swahili. It is the first language of almost everyone in eastern Congo, from Lubumbashai in the south to Lake Kivu in the north. This is a result of the profound effects of the slave trade in which the language was brought by Swahilis and Arabs from the Indian ocean coast. Their culture and language largely displaced local ones, and the number and percentage of people whose first language is Swahili is probably higher than in either Tanzania or Kenya.
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Does Swahili contain many dutch words?
Swahili has borrowed some words from Dutch due to historical interactions between Dutch traders and Swahili speakers along the East African coast. However, the number of Dutch words in Swahili is relatively small compared to other languages that have influenced Swahili, such as Arabic and English.
Why do Kenya and Tanzania promote the use of the Swahili language?
[1] About 2,000 years ago Kenya became part of the Africa/Asia trading network that Arabic, Persian, and Swahili speakers so successfully set up. [2] During that time, Swahili held a status equivalent to that held nowadays by English: it was widely known and spoken. [3] Swahili is a Bantu language. And during that time, Bantu was the dominant cultural, ethnic and linguistic group in Kenya. [4] The Portuguese were first of the Europeans to try to claim Kenya as a colony. [5] But the English were much more successful in their military, political and trading attempts in the area. [6[ By the 20th century, the English had successfully linked Kenya to other English-controlled African areas such as Uganda, and to Great Britain. They did so largely by getting involved in agriculture; and by setting up educational and governmental institutions, and trading and transportation networks. [7] Kenya realized political independence from Great Britian, in 1963. [8] But by that time English held a status equivalent to that of Swahili, in the country. For it was the language of all the key sectors of modern industrial development: education, government, and politics.
How many grassland's in the world?
there is a lot of grasslands in the world but there is about 70 in the world there is dry and people are very scared about the animals in the world
What do Chinese people speak?
They speak many, but here are the main languages: Mongol, Tibetan, Chinese, and Manchurian
How many people in the world have RH negative blood?
15% of people in the world are rh negative...i happen to be one of that 15%
How many people in the world speak kenyan?
There is no such language as "kenyan". The official languages of the country known as Kenya are Swahili and English.
How many Swahili speakers are there in the world?
Approximately 50 million people speak it as a first or second language.
How many people speak Swahili?
Native speakers800,000 (2006) 40 million L2 speakers
What ten languages do masai people speak?
The Maasai people primarily speak the Maa language, which has various dialects. In addition to Maa, many Maasai individuals may also speak Swahili and English.
Do all African countries speak Swahili?
No, not all African countries speak Swahili. Swahili is primarily spoken in East Africa, particularly in countries like Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Many African countries have their own official languages and dialects.
What major religion is most common within the Swahili ethnic group?
The Waswahili or Swahili People are predominantly MUSLIMS. It is worth noting that the majority of Swahili speakers are actually not Waswahilis themselves, but people who learned the language through trade or national governance. (This is the same way that, for example, far many more people speak English than just the descendants of England because of trade and governance.)
How many people in the world speak Tibetan?
Approximately 1.2 million people in the world speak Tibetan as their native language.
What religion do the Swahili people practice?
Swahili isn't a religion it is the African language spoke in the east Africa
How many people in the world all together speak french?
Approximately 300 million people around the world speak French as their first or second language.
How many people in the world speak portugese?
More than 900,00,000 people really
How many Japanese people in the world?
As of 2011, about 130 million people speak Japanese.
How many people spoken balochi language in the world?
about 28 milion people can speak balochi language in the world.
