Claim: Tanzania is a highly multilingual country with languages such as Swahili and English.
Evidence: Over 100 different languages are spoken in Tanzania , making it the most linguistically diverse country in East Africa.
A highly multilingual country , Swahili is used in parliamentary debate , in the lower courts , and as a medium of instruction in primary school ; and English is used in foreign trade , in diplomacy , in higher courts , and as a medium of instruction in secondary and higher education , although the Tanzanian government plans to discontinue English as a language of instruction altogether.
Swahili and English are Tanzania 's official languages.
Most Tanzanians thus speak both Swahili and a local language ; many educated Tanzanians are trilingual ; also speaking English.