Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
45
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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