| Spoken by: | 5-10 million (native) 80 million second |
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| Spoken in: | Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (DRC), Oman, Comoros Islands (including Mayotte), Mozambique |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo |
Swahili, or Kiswahili, is the most widely-spoken African language, and is spoken throughout East Africa. It's an official national language in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
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The Foreign Service Institute has estimated that learning Swahili to a Professional Working Proficiency in the language (a score of Speaking-3/Reading-3 on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale) will take an average of 36 weeks (900 class hours).[1]
Resources[]
There is an Foreign Service Institute course for Swahili.
Pimsleur offers a course in Swahili.
Duolingo offers a course in Swahili.
Rosetta Stone offers a course in Swahili.
References[]
- ↑ U.S. Department of State; FSI's Experience with Language Learning; https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/sls/c78549.htm