Swahili Speaking Countries

Swahili

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1.1 Countries

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

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶

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1.3 National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Africa

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

1.8 Interesting Facts

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

1.9 Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

1.10 Derived From

Arabic Language

Swahili Countries

Swahili is one of the important languages. Swahili countries are the countries where Swahili is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Swahili countries are the countries where Swahili is main language. In Swahili countries, all the official documents are written in Swahili language. In Swahili speaking countries, various Swahili Dialects are spoken. Each Swahili dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Swahili speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Swahili Language.

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Swahili national language and Swahili as a Second Language

Swahili speaking countries include both countries with Swahili national language and Swahili as a second language. Check if Swahili language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.

Swahili is national language of Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania.

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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.

Swahili is not spoken as second language.

The Swahili countries mentioned under Swahili Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Swahili language.

Swahili as minority language

Countries with Swahili as minority language are also included in Swahili speaking countries.

Swahili is not spoken as minority language in any of the countries.

Along with Swahili speaking countries check out Swahili speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.

Continent wise Swahili speaking countries mainly lie in Africa.

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Swahili Regulator and Facts

Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Swahili language are Swahili regulators. Swahili is regulated by Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya). The regulatory bodies of Swahili lie in Swahili speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Swahili: