About the Swahili language

Simba, Rafiki, Pumba and of course Hakuna Matata – all these famous names and phrases come from probably the most well-known and the most widespread African language. If I told you, name one African language, you’d probably name this one. Swahili is a lingua franca in East Africa and an official language in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. Around 100 million people speak Swahili (and many more can understand it to some extent), however it only has around 5 million native speakers. How did a small language of just 5 million people become a language that people all throughout East Africa use in order to understand each other?

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