World Kiswahili Language Day: Celebrating a Global Language of Peace and Unity
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World Kiswahili Language Day, celebrated annually on 7 July, honors Kiswahili as one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa and globally, with over 200 million speakers. The language serves as a vital tool for communication, integration, peace, solidarity, and economic diplomacy across East, Central, and Southern Africa. The day commemorates the adoption of Kiswahili as a language of the United Nations.
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Kiswahili as one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa and the world, with over 200 million speakers
It is a vital tool of communication and integration across East, Central, and Southern Africa
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