Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
pole
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
bye
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Not Available
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
swahili
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th century
  
1887
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Esperanto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Swahili and Esperanto Speaking population
Swahili and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto 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 Swahili and Esperanto on Swahili vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Esperanto Language Codes
Swahili and Esperanto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Esperanto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.