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Language families of Tanzania. Tanzania is a multilingual country. There are many languages spoken in the country, none of which is spoken natively by a majority or a large plurality of the population. Swahili and English, the latter being inherited from colonial rule (see Tanganyika Territory), are widely spoken as lingua francas.
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of ... Tanzania: 125 1 126 ... List of official languages by country and territory;
Many educated Tanzanians are trilingual, also speaking English. [234] [235] [236] The widespread use and promotion of Swahili is contributing to the decline of smaller languages in the country. [24] [237] Young children increasingly speak Swahili as a first language, particularly in urban areas. [238]
Tanzania: Swahili is the national language and English and many other indigenous languages. [15] Swahili and English are de facto official languages and Arabic is spoken in Zanzibar. Uganda: English (official), Swahili (second official), [16] Arabic, Luganda, other Bantu and. Nilo-Saharan languages.
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
Over 100 languages are spoken in Tanzania, making it the most linguistically diverse country in East Africa. [6] Among the languages spoken in Tanzania are all four of Africa's language families: Bantu, Cushitic, Nilotic, and Khoisan. [6] Swahili and English are Tanzania's official languages. [6]
Pages in category "Languages of Tanzania" The following 114 pages are in this category, out of 114 total. ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie statement;
The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted. See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes.