Kenyans speak 3 languages: English, Kiswahili and the language of the people one is descended from: Maasai etc. Competency is usually skewed one side or the ot

Kenyans speak 3 languages: English, Kiswahili and the language of the people one is descended from: Maasai etc. Competency is usually skewed one side or the other: more educated people usually speak good English (often in an accent they like to imagine sounds british or american) Swahili neutrally, and the native language poorly. Less educated people speak bad English, Swahili neutrally (everyone speaks it virtually all the time), and the native language very well. Does being multilingual limit accentism? Not even a little. Kenyans who know they can't speak a word of Luhya/Meru/Kipsigis will think less of you if you speak English with a Luhya/Meru or Kipsigis accent and actually will try to teach you how to speak in a less embarrassing way.