Kenya is a multilingual country. Its official languages are Swahili and English. There are a total of 62 languages spoken in Kenya (according to Ethnologue), most being African languages with a minority of Middle-Eastern and Asian languages spoken by descendants of settlers. The African languages of Kenya come from three different language families - Bantu languages are spoken in the center and southeast, Nilotic languages in the west, and Cushitic languages in the northeast.

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  • Kenya is a multilingual country. Its official languages are Swahili and English. There are a total of 62 languages spoken in Kenya (according to Ethnologue), most being African languages with a minority of Middle-Eastern and Asian languages spoken by descendants of settlers. The African languages of Kenya come from three different language families - Bantu languages are spoken in the center and southeast, Nilotic languages in the west, and Cushitic languages in the northeast.
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  • Kenya is a multilingual country. Its official languages are Swahili and English. There are a total of 62 languages spoken in Kenya (according to Ethnologue), most being African languages with a minority of Middle-Eastern and Asian languages spoken by descendants of settlers. The African languages of Kenya come from three different language families - Bantu languages are spoken in the center and southeast, Nilotic languages in the west, and Cushitic languages in the northeast.
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  • Languages of Kenya
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