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Multi-lingual Britain embraces Kenyan languages

Kenyans at a social gathering in Britain. Many of them speak their mother tongues and Kiswahili at such events.
 Kenyans at a social gathering in Britain. Many of them speak their mother tongues and Kiswahili at such events. PHOTO: COURTESY

By SHAMLAL PURI

Kenya: Kiswahili and Kikuyu are on the list of languages spoken in multi-lingual Britain. Some 500 languages are spoken here, and Eastern Africans are contributing to the cultural and linguistic diversity.

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