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According to the official national linguistic policy announced in 1984, Swahili is the language of the social and political sphere as well as primary and adult education, whereas English is the language of secondary education, universities, technology, and higher courts. [4]
More than 100 languages are spoken in Tanzania, making it the most linguistically diverse country in East Africa. [24] Among the languages spoken are four of Africa's language families: Bantu, Cushitic, Nilotic, and Khoisan. [24] There are no de jure official languages in Tanzania. [25]
Swahili has become a second language spoken by tens of millions of people in the five African Great Lakes countries (Kenya, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania), where it is an official or national language. It is also the first language for many people in Tanzania, especially in the coastal regions of Tanga, Pwani, Dar es Salaam, Mtwara and Lindi.
Official language A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Regional language A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state.
Swahili is the de facto national and official language of Tanzania. Many local residents also speak Arabic, English, Italian and French. [57] The dialect of Swahili spoken in Zanzibar is called Kiunguja. Kiunguja, which has a high percentage of Arabic loanwords, has the status of Standard Swahili not in Tanzania only but also in other countries ...
Swahili, known as Kiswahili by its speakers, is an official language of Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [49] is an official language of the African Union and is officially recognized as a lingua franca of the East African Community. [50]
Tanzania: 125 1 126 ... This is the list of countries sorted by the number of official languages. Only countries with three or more official languages, either ...
Tanzania's literary culture is primarily oral. Major oral literary forms include folktales, poems, riddles, proverbs, and songs. [8]: page 69 The greatest part of Tanzania's recorded oral literature is in Swahili, even though each of the country's languages has its own oral tradition. The country's oral literature has been declining because of ...