Number of people speaking Swahili
Approximately 26 million
Dialects: Comorian, Pemba, Mombasa-Lamu Swahili, Maho and others.
Countries Spoken: Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Oman, Uganda
Some Fun Facts About Swahili:
It's a mix of local Bantu languages and Arabic, besides European and Persian influences. Swahili was developed as a coastal trade language. It's considered to be easy to learn.