2006-06-07 13:20:09 · 6 answers · asked by Dick 2 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Kenya
There are officially five languages, including Kiswahili (or Swahili) as the most common. However, most Kenyans in the towns are well-acquainted with English from school, and will understand you if you speak carefully.
2006-06-07 17:10:18 · answer #1 · answered by weilder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
National or official languages: Swahili, English. Literacy rate: 45% (1987 official government figure). Also includes Hadrami Spoken Arabic (10,000), Hindi, Ta'izzi-Adeni Spoken Arabic (10,000).
See link below for complete list of languages and dialects spoken in Kenya.
2006-06-07 13:34:44 · answer #2 · answered by shukuken 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kiswahili is the main language of the people, but many of them also speak English as a second language, especially in the cities.
2006-06-07 15:35:25 · answer #3 · answered by 2 shy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swahili being the National Language.
English Too, but there are lots of tribes but those two are kinda like National
2006-06-07 15:20:47 · answer #4 · answered by lola 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English and Swahili is the national language.
but are More than 20 other language spoken there.
2006-06-08 05:11:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-07 13:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by Guy R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋