Swahili and Urdu Speaking countries

Swahili and Urdu as Minority Language

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

Swahili and Urdu Regulators

Swahili and Urdu speaking countries provide you Swahili and Urdu regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya) regulates Swahili language.Urdu is regulated by National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan. Also get to learn, Swahili and Urdu Language History.

Swahili and Urdu Continents

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

Urdu Interesting Facts:

• Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
• Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.

The Swahili language was derived from Arabic Language and is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages whereas Swahili language is similar to Arabic and Hindi Languages and derived from Ghaznavid Persian Language.