Swahili is “among the 10 most widely spoken languages in the world, with more than 200 million speakers,” UNESCO states .
Swahili is the first African language to be feted with the UN
…and it is one of the official languages of the African Union (AU). Swahili speakers spread over more than 14 countries, such as Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Somalia, Mozambique, Malawi, Oman, and Yemen in the Middle East.