Home›Bantu Languages›Word Order›SVOBrowse BySVOFactsSVOSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested350 1SVOFilter Results9 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAtlantic-Congo (6)Bantu (5)Niger-Congo (1)Southern Bantu languages (4)RegionAllAfrica (8)Kenya (1)Southern Africa (1)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (1)430,000 to 5,500,000 (1)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (6)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)National Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) (1)Official Language (6)StatusAllLiving (9)Script UsedAllArabic Script (1)Latin Script (9)Language KindAllSafe (9)TonalAllTonal (1)Period Start YearAll1711 (1)1823 (1)1837 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9ChichewaSVOKikuyu languageSVOKinyarwandaSVOSesothoSVOShonaSVOSwahiliSVOTswanaSVOXhosaSVOZuluSVOSources1. Wikipedia: Bantu LanguagesWikimedia FoundationBody, total speakers sentenceQuote, Body, total speakers sentenceThe total number of Bantu speakers is estimated to be around 350 million in 2015 (roughly 30% of the population of Africa or 5% of the world population).View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.