Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.39 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
26.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
32.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
ouszbek
swahili
German Name
Usbekisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[oʻzbek]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Uzbek
Swahili people or Waswahili