Portuguese and Swahili Speaking countries

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Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Portugal

United States of America

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Spanish and Galician Languages

Latin

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

Portuguese vs Swahili Countries

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

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

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

Portuguese and Swahili as Minority Language

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

Portuguese as minority language: .
Swahili as minority language: .

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

Portuguese and Swahili Regulators

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

Portuguese and Swahili Continents

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

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Swahili Interesting Facts:

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