Besides English, what is Kenya's other official language?

English and Swahili are Kenya's two official languages.

English was inherited from Kenya's British colonial past. English is the language of choice in business, academics and social set-ups in Kenya.

Swahili (also called Kiswahili) is the national language of Kenya. It is a unifying African language spoken by nearly 100 percent of the Kenyan population. Even illiterate Kenyans know some basic Swahili. The purest form of Kiswahili is spoken along the coast where native Swahili people live. Swahili is one of the most common African languages and it is spoken in many countries other than Kenya, such as Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda and Zaire.

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ninakamwene

Bravo! You put my native Kenya on the Quiz map! Ahsante=Thank you. Most Kenyans speak more than 3 languages since we have over 42 tribes. I speak Kikuyu, Meru, Kamba, Swahili, English, and French, as such; it is easy to learn other languages because the neurons are already set for languages. Excellent trivia Quiz Folks. Merci, Dankeshun, Tak, Gracias, Gratze, Obligado, ChiChiE, Domo Arigato, Naam, Dah. How many ways can we say thank you! Count.

Noelito

ZAIRE??? Somebody surely hails from a bygone era 😮🤣

Vaughan Smith

Christopher John Goddard, that's what Mark is saying.

Vaughan Smith

Thought of Ninakamwene immediately when I saw the question. Kenya is a wonderful country and all the people I've met from there have been warm, friendly types. Been there a few times, unfortunately always on business, very little opportunity to see much. Now, where is this place called Zaire? That hasn't existed for years, it went back to being called Congo or, to give it its full name, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). My visit there was not as pleasant as to Kenya . . .