About Swahili Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Swahili is a popular Bantu language that is spoken in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. It is also widely spoken in Burundi, Mozambique, Oman, Somalia the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa. The total number of native speakers is 98 million. According to a survey in 2012, there are about 47 million speakers in Tanzania and around 34 million in Uganda. You will be surprised to know that there is a small number of speakers in other parts of the world. Swahili is written in the Arabic script and is very much influenced by the Latin alphabet. There are plenty of dialects of Swahili but the modern standard Swahili is based on Kiunguja. Some old dialects include Maho that is distinctive from other dialects. Kimwani is another dialect that is majorly spoken in Mozambique.
About Cebuano Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Cebuano is also referred as Binisaya. It is an Austronesian language and is spoken in the southern Philippines. The language flourished in the Central Visayas and the western parts of Eastern Visayas. It is spoken in most of Mindanao. Cebuano originated from the island of Cebu. It is now spoken in various Visayan ethnolinguistic groups. The native in Cebuanos speaks the language. It has the largest number of native speakers and is a major language of the Philippines. Cebuano has the largest number of native speakers in the Philippines from the 1950s till the 1980s. Cebuano is spoken in many western parts of Eastern Visayas, and other parts of Palawan and Mindanao. The name Cebuano has been derived from the island of Cebu and is the original locus of the language.
