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Swahili and English


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
4   
11

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   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
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Similar To
Not Available   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Habari   

Thank You
Thank you   
Asante   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Please   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Sorry   
pole   

Bye
Bye   
bye   

I Love You
I love you   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Dar es Salaam   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Kilwa   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
Not Available   

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
anglais   
swahili   

German Name
Englisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Swahili   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
swa   

ISO 639 3
eng   
swa   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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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.

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English and Swahili Speaking population

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English and Swahili Language Codes

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