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Where is swahili spoken?

April 26, 2017spoken Swahili

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Where is swahili spoken?

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Mainly in the following countries and regions: in Tanzania [as a lingua franca and second official language] in Kenya and Burundi [as a lingua franca] in DR Congo, as a majority national language [a.k.a. “Kingwana”] in Uganda [as a national language] in Rwanda, Mozambique and Southern Sudan [as a minority language] in the Comoros [as a minority language] After the accession of Rwanda and Burundi to the East African CommunityEast African CommunityThe initial member states were: Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda in June 2007, Swahili is now poised to prevail across the Great Lakes Region,Great Lakes RegionThe Great Lakes are mainly: Lakes Tanganyika, Kivu, Victoria, Nyasa and Albert boasting more than 140 million speakers!