Countries
European Union, Finland
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
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46
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National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language