Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
41
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46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million82.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %1.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million76.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
75.00 million82.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
swahili
javanais
German Name
Swahili
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)