1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Prakrit Language
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Habari
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
Asante
3.3 How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Habari gani?
3.4 Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Usiku mwema
3.5 Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
Habari za jioni
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Habari za asubuhi
3.8 Please
कृपया (kripayā)
tafadhali
3.9 Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
pole
3.10 Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
bye
3.11 I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
nakupenda
3.12 Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Samahani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Zanzibar island
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Dar es Salaam
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
14.10 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
14.10 million15.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology