Arabic and Swahili Speaking countries

Arabic

Swahili

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Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

234

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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia

Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

Interesting Facts

Arabic is 5th common language in world.
Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

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

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language

Arabic vs Swahili Countries

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

Arabic Speaking Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
Swahili Speaking Countries: African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya.

So we find that, total number of countries where Arabic is official language is 23 whereas total number of countries where Swahili is official language is 4

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

Arabic and Swahili as Minority Language

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

Arabic as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
Swahili as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

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

Arabic and Swahili Regulators

Arabic and Swahili speaking countries provide you Arabic and Swahili regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council regulates Arabic language.Swahili is regulated by Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya). Also get to learn, Arabic and Swahili Language History.

Arabic and Swahili Continents

Thinking about Arabic and Swahili continents in which Arabic and Swahili speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Arabic and Swahili. Most of the Arabic speaking countries lie in Africa, Asia. While Swahili speaking countries lie in Africa. 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 Arabic and Swahili languages:

Arabic Interesting Facts:

Arabic is 5th common language in world.
Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Swahili Interesting Facts:

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

The Arabic language was derived from and is similar to Amharic and Hebrew whereas Arabic language is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.