What are the economic costs and benefits of different language policies?

Swahili and English, the latter being inherited from colonial rule (see Tanganyika Territory), are widely spoken as lingua francas. They serve as working ... In many cases it may even be considered rude to speak a vernacular or English in the presence of people who do not speak that language. In the elementary ... ... speak one language. It wasn't that I expected people to speak to me in English (I always tried to learn some phrases in the local language where ever I went). Mar 22, 2023 ... People in Kenya largely speak Swahili since it's the national language but they are well versed in English because it's the official language. Jan 16, 2024 ... Do people still speak German in Tanzania? 30 years back there were a ... languages which official English and kiswahili but kiswahili is widely ... Apr 16, 2014 ... and Germany, people speak their languages and they do it well, and they speak English far better than Tanzanians. So how do they do it? They ... If they were not conversant in either language, translation ... Choosing as the language of instruction an indigenous language--a language people speak ... Aug 24, 2015 ... ... Tanzania, one of the poorest countries in the world, they are rare. ... They speak Maa, part of the Nilo-Saharan language, and are taught in ... Two linguistic isolates, the Hadzane and Sandawe languages of Tanzania, were also included in Khoisan by Greenberg. Hadzane is the language spoken by the ... The Hadza language, called Hadzane by its people, is an endangered language isolate spoken in the region surrounding Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania.