Swahili and Indonesian Speaking countries

Swahili vs Indonesian Countries

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

So we find that, total number of countries where Swahili is official language is 4 whereas total number of countries where Indonesian is official language is 1

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

Swahili and Indonesian as Minority Language

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

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

Swahili and Indonesian Regulators

Swahili and Indonesian speaking countries provide you Swahili and Indonesian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya) regulates Swahili language.Indonesian is regulated by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. Also get to learn, Swahili and Indonesian Language History.

Swahili and Indonesian Continents

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

Swahili Interesting Facts:

• Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
• The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

• The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
• In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

The Swahili language was derived from Arabic Language and is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages whereas Swahili language is similar to Malay language and derived from Malay and Dutch Languages.