Countries
Countries
India, Nepal
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
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National Language
Nepal
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Hindi
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language