Thomas Lynley: That's absurd. Why, for heaven's sake? Barbara Havers: Well, do you want the truth? Thomas Lynley: Yes! Barbara Havers: No one else would work with me. Thomas Lynley: This is you being nice to me, isn't it? Barbara Havers: Yeah. Barbara Havers: Shall we hit the pub?
According to Ethnologue, there are a total of 68 languages spoken in Kenya. This variety is a reflection of the country's diverse population that includes most major ethnoracial and linguistic groups found in Africa (see Languages of Africa).
The different languages in Kenya fall into three categories â Bantu (Niger-Congo) languages which are spoken by around 65% of people, the Nilo-Saharan group of languages spoken among another third of the population and the Cushitic language, an Afro-Asian tongue spoken in the north by around 3% of the population.