Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Indonesia
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Indonesia
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Habari gani?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Sugeng énjing
Please
tafadhali
Not Available
Sorry
pole
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
nakupenda
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Samahani
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Indonesia
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Indonesia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
swahili
javanais
German Name
Swahili
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
6th century
450 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Javanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
java1253
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Swahili and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Javanese Speaking population
Swahili and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Swahili vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Javanese Language Codes
Swahili and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.