National
Languages
Kiswahili or Swahili, Kiunguja (name for Swahili
in Zanzibar)
English (primary language of commerce, administration,
and higher education)
Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local
languages
Note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue
of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby
coastal Tanzania
Although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and
origin
Its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources
including Arabic and English
it has become the lingua franca of central and
eastern Africa
The first language of most people is one of
the local languages
National
Currency
Tanzanian Shilling
TZS
National
Animal
Giraffe
National
Bird
the grey crowned crane
National
Flower
The Eastern African Clove tree flower bud (Syzygium
aromaticum)
National
Fruit
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