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English, the former colonial language, serves as a common language among educated Zambians.At independence in 1964, English was declared the national language. English is the first language of only 2% of Zambians but is the most commonly used second language.
Mass media by language of Zambia (1 C) N. Ngoni language (1 C, 1 P) T. Tonga language (1 C) Tumbuka language (2 C, 2 P) Tumbuka-Senga language (1 C)
In the Copperbelt, Bemba is the main language and Nyanja second. Bemba and Nyanja are spoken in the urban areas, in addition to other indigenous languages that are commonly spoken in Zambia. These include Lozi, Tumbuka, Kaonde, Tonga, Lunda and Luvale, which featured on the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) local-languages section.
As with the rest of Zambia, English is the official national language in Lusaka, and is used in education from the fifth grade in school, at the age of 11, through to university. [96] [94] It is also the language used by large business, most newspapers and media, as well as the government.
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Zambia: 46 9 55 0.77 11,364,870 236,768 32,850
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 ...
Benin (a national language along with Aja-Gbe, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo, Fula, Gen-Gbe, Lukpa, Mbelime, Nateni, Tammari, Waama, Waci-Gbe, Yobe, Yom, Xwela-Gbe, Yoruba, the official languages is French) Arabic (see also List of countries where Arabic is an official language): Algeria (with Berber) Bahrain; Chad (with French)
Bemba is one of the spoken languages in Zambia, spoken by many people who live in urban areas, and is one of Zambia's seven recognized regional languages. Zambia's first president, Kenneth Kaunda , though Malawian by descent, was raised in a Bemba-speaking community, and two of the four Zambian presidents since have been Bemba-speakers.