1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
East Asia, European Union, South America
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
East Asia, European Union
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, South America
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)
Akademio de Esperanto
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.
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
Kiel vi sanas?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Bonan vesperon
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Bonan posttagmezon
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Bonan matenon
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Not present
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Not present
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?
150.00 million2.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million0.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[espeˈranto]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Esperanto
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative