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African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Arabic Language
     
    South Africa
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    South Africa
    Lesotho, South Africa
    Africa
    Botswana, Lesotho
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    • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
    • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
    Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
    Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

    Swahili vs Xhosa Countries

    Comparing Swahili vs Xhosa countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Swahili and Xhosa languages.

    So we find that, total number of countries where Swahili is official language is whereas total number of countries where Xhosa is official language is

    Find if Swahili and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Swahili and Xhosa speaking countries will give you the presence of Swahili and Xhosa languages in different countries. Along with Swahili vs Xhosa countries, you can also compare Swahili vs Xhosa.

    Swahili and Xhosa as Minority Language

    In Swahili and Xhosa speaking countries you will get the countries which have Swahili and Xhosa as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

    • Swahili as minority language: .
    • Xhosa as minority language: .

    If you want to compare Swahili and Xhosa dialects, then you can go to Swahili vs Xhosa. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

    Swahili and Xhosa Regulators

    Swahili and Xhosa speaking countries provide you Swahili and Xhosa regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Swahili language.Xhosa is regulated by . Also get to learn, Swahili vs Xhosa.

    Swahili and Xhosa Continents

    Thinking about Swahili and Xhosa continents in which Swahili and Xhosa speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Swahili and Xhosa. Most of the Swahili speaking countries lie in . While Xhosa speaking countries lie in . Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Swahili and Xhosa languages:

    Swahili Interesting Facts:

    Xhosa Interesting Facts:

    The Swahili language was derived from and is similar to whereas Swahili language is similar to and derived from .