Swahili and Arabic Speaking countries

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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

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Not spoken in any of the countries

Africa, Asia

Not spoken in any of the countries

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

Arabic is 5th common language in world.
Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Amharic and Hebrew

Swahili vs Arabic Countries

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

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

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

Swahili and Arabic as Minority Language

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

Swahili as minority language: .
Arabic as minority language: .

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

Swahili and Arabic Regulators

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

Swahili and Arabic Continents

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

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