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Description[edit | edit source]
Kenya's various ethnic groups typically speak their mother tongues within their own communities. There are a total of 68 languages spoken in Kenya.
Kenya is a multilingual country. The two official languages, English and Swahili, are used in varying degrees of fluency for communication with other populations. English is widely spoken in commerce, schooling, and government. There are more speakers of Swahili than English in Kenya. [1] [2]
- British English - primarily used in Kenya. [3]
- Swahili [4]
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
- Swahili Word List - 101languages
- Useful Swahili phrases - Omniglot
- Swahili Phrase list - WikiTravel
- Martin Benjamin & Elin Berglund, Swahili phrasebook & dictionary, Footscray, Victoria : Lonely Planet, 2014 - Available at WorldCat
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Alphabet
- Swahili Alphabet - Wikipedia
- Swahili Alphabet - Omniglot
Pronunciation
- Swahili Pronunciation - Omniglot
- Swahili Pronunciation guide - WikiTravel
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Dictionaries
- D V Perrott, Swahili Dictionary, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1965 - Available at WorldCat
- Willy A Kirkeby, English Swahili dictionary, Dar es Salaam : Kirkeby Publ., 2002 - Available at WorldCat
Online Dictionaries
- Swahili dictionary - Lexilogos
- Swahili-English - Bab.la
- Dictionary English - Swahili - Glosbe
Language Aids
- Swahili Grammar - ilanguages
- Swahili Grammar - Wikipedia
- Fidèle Mpiranya, Swahili grammar and workbook, New York : Routledge, 2015 - Available at WorldCat
- F Burt, Swahili Grammar and Vocabulary, München : Lincom Europa, 2011 - Available at WorldCat
- E O Ashton, Swahili grammar : (including intonation), London Longman 1977 - Available at WorldCat
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
- Edward Steere, A Handbook of the Swahili Language, Norderstedt Hansebooks GmbH 2017 - Available at WorldCat
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Kenya," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya#Languages, accessed 3 Feb 2022.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Kenya," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Kenya, accessed 3 Feb 2022.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "British English," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English, accessed 4 Feb 2022.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Swahili language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language, accessed 3 Feb 2022.
Swahili Language Resources[edit | edit source]
- Swahili is Kenya’s national language.
- Languages spoken in Kenya
- Swahili Alphabet, Pronunciation
- Swahili language resources
- Swahili language overview
- Swahili basics and grammar
Somali Language Resources[edit | edit source]
Parts of Kenya speak Somali. Below are language resources for the Somali language.