Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
43
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46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Tamil Language
Origin
6th century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Swahili
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
2154
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual