THE APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF KISWAHILI IN KENYA'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Abstract
Kiswahili is spoken in many parts of Eastern Africa, including (as shown on the
map below): Kenya, (mainland) Tanzania, Zanzibar, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
and parts of Somali, Mozambique, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of
Congo (http://faculty.virginia.edu/swahililanguage). It is also spoken in the
Comoros Islands. Most of the mother tongue speakers of Kiswahili are mainly
found in the coastal region of Kenya and Tanzania. Like any other language,
Kiswahili has dialects. According to Encyclopedia Britannica (2016), there are
about 15 of them, including: Kimvita, Kiamu, Kiunguja, Kimrima, Kisiu, Kipate
and Kibajuni (Palome 1967: 19-25; Chiraghdin and Mnyampala 1977: 25-52;
Nurse and Spear 1985: 57-64).