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'''Malagasy''' | '''Malagasy''' | ||
*A dialect of Malagasy called '''Shibushi''' is spoken by an estimated 39,000 people in the Comoros Islands | |||
*Traces of Malagasy speakers predominantly reside in the islands of Mayotte and Moheli <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of the Comoros," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Comoros#Malagasy, accessed 7 April 2021.</ref> | |||
'''Swahili''' | '''Swahili''' | ||
*Historically, Swahili served as the | *Historically, Swahili served as the common language of the Comoros, used for trade with the Arabic Peninsula, the East African Coast | ||
* | *Swahili shares similarities with the Comorian language and is estimated to be spoken by 1% of the population | ||
*Much of the early history of the Comoros is written in Swahili, using the Arabic script | *Much of the early history of the Comoros is written in Swahili, using the Arabic script | ||
*Many ancient Comorian poems and songs written in Swahili detail key historical events such as the slave trade, and the various battles between the Sultans who once ruled the Comoros. | *Many ancient Comorian poems and songs written in Swahili detail key historical events such as the slave trade, and the various battles between the Sultans who once ruled the Comoros. | ||