VOA Language Service Fact Sheets

Africa

• Bambara Established 2013
• Central Africa Established 1996
• English to Africa Established 1963
• French Established 1960
• Hausa Established 1979
• Horn of Africa Established 1982
• Portuguese Established 1976
• Somali Established 2007
• Swahili Established 1962
• Zimbabwe Established 2003

East Asia and Pacific

• Burmese Established 1942
• Cantonese Established 1939
• English to Asia Established 2010
• Indonesian Established 1942
• Khmer Established 1955*
• Korean Established 1942
• Lao Established 1962
• Mandarin Established 1942
• Thai Established 1942
• Tibetan Established 1991
• Vietnamese Established 1951

Eurasia

• Albanian Established 1943*
• Armenian Established 1951
• Bosnian Established 1996
• Georgian Established 1951
• Macedonian Established 1999
• Russian Established 1947
• Serbian Established 1943
• Ukrainian Established 1949

Latin America

• Creole Established 1986
• Spanish Established 1942*

Persian

• Persian Established 1979

South and Central Asia

• Afghan Established 1980/1982
• Azerbaijani Established 1982
• Bangla Established 1958
• Deewa Established 2006
• Kurdish Established 1992
• Turkish Established 1942*
• Urdu Established 1951
• Uzbek Established 1972