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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

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