Finnish and Swahili Speaking countries
Countries
European Union, Finland
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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
Not Available
Arabic Language
Finnish and Swahili as Minority Language
In Finnish and Swahili speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Swahili as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
- Swahili as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
If you want to compare Finnish and Swahili dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Swahili Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Finnish and Swahili Regulators
Finnish and Swahili speaking countries provide you Finnish and Swahili regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Swahili is regulated by Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya). Also get to learn, Finnish and Swahili Language History.
Finnish and Swahili Continents
Thinking about Finnish and Swahili continents in which Finnish and Swahili speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Swahili. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. 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 Finnish and Swahili languages:
Finnish 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 Interesting Facts:
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
The Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.