Swahili and Oriya Speaking countries

Swahili vs Oriya Countries

Comparing Swahili vs Oriya countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Swahili and Oriya languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Swahili is official language is 4 whereas total number of countries where Oriya is official language is 1

Find if Swahili and Oriya are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Swahili and Oriya speaking countries will give you the presence of Swahili and Oriya languages in different countries. Along with Swahili vs Oriya countries, you can also compare Swahili vs Oriya.

Swahili and Oriya as Minority Language

In Swahili and Oriya speaking countries you will get the countries which have Swahili and Oriya as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Swahili and Oriya dialects, then you can go to Swahili vs Oriya Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Swahili and Oriya Regulators

Swahili and Oriya speaking countries provide you Swahili and Oriya regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya) regulates Swahili language.Oriya is not regulated. Also get to learn, Swahili and Oriya Language History.

Swahili and Oriya Continents

Thinking about Swahili and Oriya continents in which Swahili and Oriya speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Swahili and Oriya. Most of the Swahili speaking countries lie in Africa. While Oriya speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Swahili and Oriya languages:

Swahili Interesting Facts:

• Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
• The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Oriya Interesting Facts:

• The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
• Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.

The Swahili language was derived from Arabic Language and is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages whereas Swahili language is similar to Bengali and Assamese and derived from Sanskrit Language.