Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Turkey, Uzbekistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
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46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.39 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million26.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
75.00 million32.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
swahili
ouszbek
German Name
Swahili
Usbekisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[oʻzbek]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Uzbek