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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
423
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Amharic and Hebrew
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2428
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
58
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2128
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
34
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Habari
مرحبا
3.2 Thank You
Asante
شكرا
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
كيف حالك؟
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
تصبح على خير
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
مساء الخير
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
مساء الخير
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
صباح الخير
3.8 Please
tafadhali
من فضلك
3.9 Sorry
pole
آسف
3.10 Bye
bye
وداعا
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
أحبك
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
اعذرني
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Maghrebi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
Sudanese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Sudan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA17,000,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimgao
Levantine
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
Cyprus, Levant
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1226
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million452.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA4.43 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million206.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA246.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
(al arabiya) العربية
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
5.3.4 French Name
swahili
arabe
5.3.5 German Name
Swahili
Arabisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Arabs
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th century
512 CE
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
North Arabic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Standard Arabic
6.3.3 Language Position
NA25
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sw
ar
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
swa
ara
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
swa
ara
7.3 ISO 639 3
swa
ara
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
swah1254
arab1395
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
12-AAC
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic

Swahili and Arabic Alphabets

Swahili and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Arabic. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Swahili and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Arabic languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Arabic Speaking population

Swahili and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Swahili and Arabic on Swahili vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Arabic Language Codes

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