| TANZANIAN LANGUAGE STATS: |
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English speakers
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0 |
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[48th of 52]
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English speakers (per $ GDP)
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0 per $10,000 of GDP |
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[30th of 35]
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English speakers (per capita)
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0 per 100 people |
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[40th of 46]
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English status
Used by some Asian residents as mother tongue. Taught in secondary school and university. Bible 1535-1989. |
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English-speaking population > As an additional language
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4,000,000
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[20th of 59]
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English-speaking population > Total
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4,000,000 |
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[23rd of 99]
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Languages
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; note: 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
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, and it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages |
Languages > Note
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 |
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Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate
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69.4
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[132nd of 174]
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