Countries
Indonesia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.25 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
76.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
82.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
basa Jawa
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
javanais
swahili
German Name
Javanisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Swahili people or Waswahili