 to write Swahili using the Latin alphabet. While there are only around 5 million native speakers of Swahili, there are approximately 135 million people who speak Swahili as a second language. 2. tisa 3 9 21. You'll also find a few examples of audio clips so you have some idea of how Swahili sounds like. Unlike Kenya, Tanzania was never colonized by any other countries so most if not all of local Tanzanian culture and language was preserved even to this day. Swahili is actually much easier to learn than people might expect. Below, you'll find a chart of essential basic phrases that can help you get started on your way to conversational fluency.