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Swahili and Esperanto


Esperanto and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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
12   
12
0   

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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