🇰🇪 Country
Kenya
Kenya is home to 83 languages, spoken across East Africa. Explore them on the map or in the full list below.
Capital
Nairobi
Nationality
Kenyan
Currency
Kenyan Shilling (KES)
Languages
83
Independence
Dec 12, 1963
74 active
7 endangered
2 extinct
Where the languages are spoken
Each bubble marks where a language is centred in Kenya; its size reflects how many people speak it there. Click a bubble for the source.
Active
Endangered
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fewer / more speakers
Bubbles show a language's approximate centre, not its full extent. Speaker figures are our own estimates where a language lives in one country, and sourced per-country estimates where it crosses borders.
All languages in Kenya
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Abanyala
Abawanga
94K
Abatiriki
600K
Abakabras
Abasamia
Abamarama
Abanyole
Suba
Endangered
Aweer
Endangered
Abisukha
150K
Abakhayo
Abamarachi
Abidakho
Bukusu
1.4M
Borana
Burji
Endangered
Banyore
Dholuo
Dahalo
Endangered
Daasanach
Ekegusii
3.1M
El Molo
Extinct
Gikuyu
6.6M
Garre
Jibana
40K
Kigiriama
950K
Kuria
Kamba
4.6M
Kimaragoli
900K
Kipsigis
2M
Kidawida
500K
kambe
40K
Kiduruma
500K
Kidigo
Kisa
40K
Kimeru
3M
Kitharaka
300K
Kichonyi
300K
Kauma
Kiembu
500K
Keiyo
Kipokomo
Kiwilwana
Kore
Extinct
Maasai
Marakwet
500K
Nandi
Nubi
Olutsotso
Olushisa
40K
Oromo Borana-Arsi-Guji
Ogiek
Endangered
Orma
Omotik
Endangered
Pokot
Pokomo
120K
Rabai
200K
Ribe
Rendile
Rabana
Swahili
Sheng
Samburu
500K
Sabaot
Somali
Sagalla
Tugen
210K
Teso
Turkana
Tachoni
Terik
400K
Toposa
Waata
Yaaku
10 Endangered
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