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The Bantu Swahili language written in the Arabic script on the clothes of a Tanzanian woman (early 1900s). According to Ethnologue, there are a total of 126 languages spoken in Tanzania. Two are institutional, 18 are developing, 58 are vigorous, 40 are endangered, and 8 are dying. There are also three languages that recently became extinct. [2]
Pages in category "Languages of Tanzania" The following 114 pages are in this category, out of 114 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Tanzania: 125 1 126 1.77 51,108,150 422,381 102,500
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Tanzania (with Swahili) Tonga (with Tongan) Trinidad and Tobago; Tuvalu (with Tuvaluan) ... National language in Switzerland (with German, French, and Italian) [41]
This article is a resource of the native names of most of the major languages in the world. ... Official language in: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; Swedish – Svenska