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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
334
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2624
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
55
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2121
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
73
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks36 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Habari
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
Asante
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
Habari gani?
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
Usiku mwema
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
3.8 Please
Please
tafadhali
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
pole
3.10 Bye
Bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
I love you
nakupenda
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Samahani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Kiunguja
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Zanzibar island
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Kimrima
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dar es Salaam
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Kimgao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Kilwa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
18812
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million150.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.43 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million15.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
English
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
swahili
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Swahili
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
6th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Swahili
6.3.3 Language Position
3NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
sw
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
swa
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
swa
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
swa
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
swah1254
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUS-m
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available

English and Swahili Alphabets

English and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Swahili. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn English and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Swahili languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of English and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Swahili Speaking population

English and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of English and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Swahili on English vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Swahili Language Codes

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