Native speakers800,000 (2006) 40 million L2 speakers
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About 500,000,000 people speak English as a first language, so that would be around 7% of all humans speak English as a first language. As any other language but first, it is estimated that 2,100,000,000 humans speak English, or about 30%.
All countries in Central and South America. In these countries the official languages derive from the Latin: Spanish (in most countries) , Portuguese (in Brazil), and French (in French Guyana). European countries, in which Latin languages are spoken (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Romania), are generally not referred to as "latino" countries. Rather, these countries are referred to as "Southern European" countries.
More Belgians speak Dutch than French. German is also officially recognised in the east.
No, not all African countries speak Swahili. Swahili is primarily spoken in East Africa, particularly in countries like Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Many African countries have their own official languages and dialects.
Swahili
Swahili is spoken as a significant language in several countries in East Africa, but the two countries where it is predominantly spoken are Tanzania and Kenya. Swahili is the official language in Tanzania and one of the official languages in Kenya.
He has known how to speak Swahili :)
"Unazungumza Kiswahili" means "Do you speak Swahili?" in Swahili.
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Not by the majority of the inhabitants, but the few humans who live there usually speak Swahili.
Swahili is a language that is spoken by the Swahili people in countries such as Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The word for the numeral one in Swahili is 'moja'.
Swahili is a language spoken by Swahili people in African countries of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi. In Swahili champion is called Bingwa.
swahili
In the Kiswahili language of African origin, "Ndio! Ninazungumza Kiswahili" has the meaning of "Yes! I speak Swahili."
No, Swahili is not spoken in Liberia, except possibly by immigrants. For the languages of Liberia, click here.