Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
Asante
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
tafadhali
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
pole
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
bye
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
215.00 million
  
9
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
Not Available
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
swahili
  
bengali
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
6th century
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Bengali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available