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Swahili and Gujarati


Gujarati and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
NA  

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.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
Asante  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
tafadhali  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
pole  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
bye  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.74 %  
24

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
50.00 million  
22

Native Name
Not Available  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
swahili  
goudjrati  

German Name
Swahili  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
6th century  
15  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
guj  

ISO 639 3
swa  
guj  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Swahili and Gujarati Speaking population

Swahili and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Swahili vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Gujarati Language Codes

Swahili and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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