Countries
Japan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Japan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Korean Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Habari
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Asante
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
tafadhali
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
pole
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Dar es Salaam
Where They Speak
kansai
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
日本語
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
japonais
swahili
German Name
Japanisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Swahili people or Waswahili
Language Family
Japonic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
swah1254
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
All Japanese 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 Japanese and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Swahili Speaking population
Japanese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Swahili on Japanese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Swahili Language Codes
Japanese and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.