Jambo!
say it: “JAHM-boh”
Swahili
in its own words: Kiswahili
- Speakers
- 200 million (estimate)
- Family
- Niger-Congo – Bantu
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo (regional)
Fun fact
Swahili is a lingua franca of East Africa and an official language of the African Union. The phrase “hakuna matata” means “no worries”.