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- 1. By: Felipe De la Garza English in Kenya
- 3. Kenya • Capital & largest city: Nairobi • Population (2013 estimate): 44,037,656 (31st) • Independence from Great Britain December 12, 1963 • Official languages: Swahili, English • Spoken languages: 69 • Literacy rate: 85%
- 4. Indigenous languages English is usually second-language in Kenya, therefore the way it is spoken (pronunciation, phonetics and grammar) depends on the structure of the mother language of the speaker 60+ Indigenous languages are usually divided into: • Niger-Congo • Cushitic/Sudanic • Afro-Asiatic
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- 6. Kiswahili • Mombasa original capital • Spoke Kiswahili • British colonizers learned swahili to control people • 1907 Capital moved to Nairobi (less swahili influence) • Inland there are more languages • Missionaries🙏 spread Kiswahili among tribes as a mother tongue
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- 12. Bibliography • East African English - Hermann Ingi Ragnarsson • http://mariefahy.blogspot.com/2011/05/ kenyan-english.html • http://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/ oct/16/kenya-debates-language-identity