Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Italian Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Bonjour
Please
tafadhali
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
nakupenda
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Samahani
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
African French
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Africa
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
français
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Français
French Name
swahili
français
German Name
Swahili
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
Origin
6th century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard French
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
swah1254
stan1290
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Swahili and French Speaking population
Swahili and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and French languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Swahili vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and French Language Codes
Swahili and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.