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Languages Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages; <i>note:</i> Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages
Languages > A note small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities <a href=/encyclopedia/Swahili-language><a href=/encyclopedia/Swahili-language>Kiswahili</a></a> (<a href=/encyclopedia/Swahili-language>Swahili</a>) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal <a href=/country/tz><a href=/country/tz>Tanzania</a></a>; although <a href=/encyclopedia/Swahili-language>Kiswahili</a> is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources, including <a href=/kp/Arabic><a href=/encyclopedia/Arabic-language>Arabic</a></a> and <a href=/kp/English>English</a>, and it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern <a href=/kp/Africa>Africa</a>; the first <a href=/cat/Language>language</a> of most people is one of the local <a href=/graph-T/lan_lan>languages</a>
Linguistic diversity index 0.167
Ranked 145th. 		0.965
Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Sweden
Major language(s) Swedish English, Swahili

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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