Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Asante
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
tafadhali
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
pole
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
bye
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Not Available
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
swahili
  
kannada
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
6th century
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili and Kannada Speaking population
Swahili and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Kannada on Swahili vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Kannada Language Codes
Swahili and Kannada language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Kannada Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.