Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
China, Taiwan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Not Available
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Habari
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Asante
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
请 (Qǐng)
tafadhali
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
chinois
swahili
German Name
Chinesisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Han
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1250 BC
6th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sini1245
swah1254
Linguasphere
79-AAA
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Swahili Speaking population
Chinese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Swahili on Chinese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Swahili Language Codes
Chinese and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.