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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?
No, why would it? It stems from Arabic with English and Hindi influences.
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 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%
What do Chinese people speak?
They speak many, but here are the main languages: Mongol, Tibetan, Chinese, and Manchurian
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
How many Swahili speakers are there in the world?
There are approximately 75 million Swahili speakers worldwide. Swahili is widely spoken in East Africa and serves as a lingua franca in the region.
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 people speak Swahili?
Native speakers800,000 (2006) 40 million L2 speakers
How many people speak Wu?
Around 80 million people speak Wu, a variety of Chinese primarily spoken in the region around Shanghai in China. It is considered one of the main vernaculars within the larger group of Chinese dialects.
How many people in the world speak Korean?
Approximately 75 million people worldwide speak Korean as their first language. This number includes people in South Korea, North Korea, and Korean communities in other countries.
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 speak Kannada in the world?
Approximately 45 million people speak Kannada worldwide, predominantly in the Indian state of Karnataka.
How many people speak french in the world?
Approximately 274 million people speak French worldwide as either a first or second language. French is an official language in 29 countries and is widely used in organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union.
How many people speak Chinese in the world?
Over a billion people worldwide speak Chinese as their native language, making it the most spoken language in the world. There are also many second language speakers of Chinese, further increasing the total number of individuals who speak the language.
How many people speak welsh in the world?
Approximately 870,000 people speak Welsh worldwide, mainly in Wales where it is the official language. There are also smaller Welsh-speaking communities in other parts of the UK and in countries such as the USA, Canada, and Australia.
How many people in the world speak Tibetan?
Approximately 1.2 million people in the world speak Tibetan as their native language.
How many people speak Tamil?
Approximately 75 million people speak Tamil as their first language, primarily in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore. It is one of the oldest and richest languages in the world with a vast literary tradition.
