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Indonesian and Swahili


Swahili and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Indonesia   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Habari   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
Asante   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
mohon Untuk   
tafadhali   

Sorry
maaf   
pole   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
bye   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Dar es Salaam   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Kilwa   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
indonésien   
swahili   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
7th Century   
6th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Swahili   

Language Position
56   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
swa   

ISO 639 3
ind   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Indonesian and Swahili Speaking population

Indonesian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Swahili on Indonesian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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