Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
45
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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