Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
India
  
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 in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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