Tamil and Swahili Speaking countries

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Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Asia

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

Malayalam

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

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

Tamil vs Swahili Countries

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

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

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

Tamil and Swahili as Minority Language

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

Tamil as minority language: .
Swahili as minority language: .

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

Tamil and Swahili Regulators

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

Tamil and Swahili Continents

Thinking about Tamil and Swahili continents in which Tamil and Swahili speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Tamil and Swahili. Most of the Tamil speaking countries lie in . While Swahili 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 Tamil and Swahili languages:

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