1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
NA
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bengali Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Asante
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
3.9 Sorry
pole
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
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 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million50.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Gujaratis
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
99-AUS-m
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available