Swahili

• Alternate names: Kisuaheli, Kiswahili Also: in Kenya -- Arab-Swahili, Kisuahili, Kiswaheli, Suahili, Swahili; in South Africa -- Arab-Swahili, Kisuahili, Kiswaheli, Suahili; in Uganda -- Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
• Scriptures published: Bible (1891--2009) New Testament (1879--1989) Portions (1868--1968)
• Literacy: Language of instruction in primary school. In secondary school taught as a subject. Taught in primary schools. Y
• Primary country: United Republic of Tanzania
• Region: Formerly Zanzibar, coastal areas. Now widespread
• Also used in: Burundi, Canada, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mozambique, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States
• Religion: Muslim, Christian, traditional religion
• Status: Statutory national language in Kenya; De facto national language in Tanzania; Statutory national working language in Uganda
• Number of users: 15,457,390 (15,000,000; 131,000 in Kenya; 2,000 in South Africa (2006); 2,330 in Uganda (2000))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Swahili
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Swahili on the web
• Joshua Project: Swahili — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Swahili — detailed linguistic information.
• Survey Reports at sil.org:
  • Mbugu/Maʼa project