Indonesian and Swahili Speaking countries

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Indonesia

East Timor, Indonesia

Asia

Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands

Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa

The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

Malay language

Malay and Dutch Languages

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

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

Not spoken in any of the countries

Africa

Not spoken in any of the countries

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Arabic Language

Indonesian vs Swahili Countries

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

So we find that, total number of countries where Indonesian is official language is whereas total number of countries where Swahili is official language is

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

Indonesian and Swahili as Minority Language

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

Indonesian as minority language: .
Swahili as minority language: .

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

Indonesian and Swahili Regulators

Indonesian and Swahili speaking countries provide you Indonesian and Swahili regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Indonesian language.Swahili is regulated by . Also get to learn, Indonesian vs Swahili.

Indonesian and Swahili Continents

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

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Swahili Interesting Facts:

The Indonesian language was derived from and is similar to whereas Indonesian language is similar to and derived from .