1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Israel
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Israel
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Aramaic 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
Right-To-Left, 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
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
בבקשה (bevekshah)
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Ashkenazi Hebrew
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Israel, Palestine
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 million9.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million4.40 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Israeli, Ivrit
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Hebrew
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic