Swahili and Russian Speaking countries

Swahili and Russian as Minority Language

In Swahili and Russian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Swahili and Russian 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 Russian dialects, then you can go to Swahili vs Russian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Swahili and Russian Regulators

Swahili and Russian speaking countries provide you Swahili and Russian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya) regulates Swahili language.Russian is regulated by Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Also get to learn, Swahili and Russian Language History.

Swahili and Russian Continents

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

Russian Interesting Facts:

• In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
• In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.

The Swahili language was derived from Arabic Language and is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages whereas Swahili language is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages and derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary.