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Languages Spoken in Kenya

Official: English and Swahili

Kenya has a population of 58.2 million and is a linguistically diverse country, with 15 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. English and Swahili serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Kenya, 3 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

58.2M
Population
15
Languages
3
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Languages spoken in Kenya

Swahili Official
Latin script, Swahili Ajami
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66%
CLDR
English Official
English Braille, English alphabet
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19%
CLDR
Kikuyu
Latin script
17%
CLDR
Luyia
Latin script
11%
CLDR
Luo
Arabic alphabet, Latin script
10%
CLDR
Kamba
Latin script
8%
CLDR
Kalenjin
8%
CLDR
Gusii
Latin script
5%
CLDR
Meru
Latin script
4%
CLDR
Masai
Latin script
2%
CLDR
Embu
Latin script
2%
CLDR
Somali
Latin script, Osmanya
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1%
CLDR
Taita
Latin script
0.8%
CLDR
Teso
Latin script
0.7%
CLDR
Pökoot
0.7%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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