Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
44
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46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Hello
Habari
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Asante
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
tafadhali
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
pole
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
nakupenda
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Samahani
извините(izvinite)