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Languages Spoken in Tanzania

Official: English and Swahili

Tanzania has a population of 67.5 million and is a linguistically diverse country, with 14 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. English and Swahili serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Tanzania, 2 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

67.5M
Population
14
Languages
2
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Languages spoken in Tanzania

Swahili Official
Latin script, Swahili Ajami
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90%
CLDR
English Official
English Braille, English alphabet
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69%
CLDR
Sukuma
Latin script
9%
CLDR
Nyamwezi
Latin script
3%
CLDR
Makonde
Latin script
3%
CLDR
Bena
Latin script
2%
CLDR
Shambala
Latin script
2%
CLDR
Masai
Latin script
2%
CLDR
Mbunga
1%
CLDR
Asu
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Langi
Latin script
0.9%
CLDR
Machame
0.7%
CLDR
Rombo
0.7%
CLDR
Vunjo
Latin script
0.7%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic, many local languages"

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