Languages of Comoros
Languages, writing systems and language context
Shikomori, Arabic and French form the official-language framework of the Union of the Comoros. A 2014 law specifically requires Arabic and French to be used in state writings and acts, while the electoral code treats Shikomori as one of the three official languages.
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Arabic · 28 characters
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What languages are used in the Comoros?
Shikomori, Arabic and French form the official-language framework of the Union of the Comoros. A 2014 law specifically requires Arabic and French to be used in state writings and acts, while the electoral code treats Shikomori as one of the three official languages.
What writing systems are used in the Comoros?
The represented writing system is Arabic, Latin and the primary direction shown is right to left.
Sources & methodology
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Official Justice Ministry law confirming Arabic and French as official languages used in state acts.
Official Justice Ministry legal source requiring candidates to know Shikomori and one of the two other official languages, corroborating Shikomori as part of the official-language framework.
Localized country display-name reference. CLDR names are customary UI/display names, not claims about a state’s full constitutional long-form name.
Reference for the writing-system/script families represented in the character component.
Reference for left-to-right and right-to-left script direction and bidirectional text behavior.
Reference for Unicode character names used as small readout labels under selected character samples; these labels are not presented as a complete transliteration standard.