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Arabic and Swahili


Swahili and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
4   
11

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Habari   

Thank You
شكرا   
Asante   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
من فضلك   
tafadhali   

Sorry
آسف   
pole   

Bye
وداعا   
bye   

I Love You
أحبك   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Dar es Salaam   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Kilwa   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
arabe   
swahili   

German Name
Arabisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
512 CE   
6th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
North Arabic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Swahili   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
swa   

ISO 639 3
ara   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Arabic and Swahili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Swahili Speaking population

Arabic and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Swahili on Arabic vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Swahili Language Codes

Arabic and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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