Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China
Total No. Of Countries
41
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46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Gokturk Language