Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Japan
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Habari
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Asante
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
tafadhali
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
pole
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
I Love You
nakupenda
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Samahani
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Fukuoka
Where They Speak
Kilwa
kansai
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
日本語
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
French Name
swahili
japonais
German Name
Swahili
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Swahili
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
nucl1643
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Swahili and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Japanese Speaking population
Swahili and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Swahili vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Japanese Language Codes
Swahili and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.