Filipino and Swahili Speaking countries

Filipino and Swahili as Minority Language

In Filipino and Swahili speaking countries you will get the countries which have Filipino and Swahili 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 Filipino and Swahili dialects, then you can go to Filipino vs Swahili Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Filipino and Swahili Regulators

Filipino and Swahili speaking countries provide you Filipino and Swahili regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino regulates Filipino language.Swahili is regulated by Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya). Also get to learn, Filipino and Swahili Language History.

Filipino and Swahili Continents

Thinking about Filipino and Swahili continents in which Filipino and Swahili speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Filipino and Swahili. Most of the Filipino speaking countries lie in 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 Filipino and Swahili languages:

Filipino Interesting Facts:

• "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
• "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

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 Filipino language was derived from Spanish Language and is similar to Tagalog Language whereas Filipino language is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.