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
  
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.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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