Swahili and Khmer Speaking countries

Swahili and Khmer as Minority Language

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

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

Swahili and Khmer Regulators

Swahili and Khmer speaking countries provide you Swahili and Khmer regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya) regulates Swahili language.Khmer is not regulated. Also get to learn, Swahili and Khmer Language History.

Swahili and Khmer Continents

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

Swahili Interesting Facts:

• Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
• The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Khmer Interesting Facts:

• Khmer is not the tonal language.
• Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

The Swahili language was derived from Arabic Language and is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages whereas Swahili language is similar to Lao Language and derived from Pali and Sanskrit Languages.