Countries
Belarus, Poland
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million150.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.89 million75.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
biélorusse
swahili
German Name
Weißrussisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Swahili people or Waswahili