1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Marathi
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit 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
Left-To-Right, 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?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
Rati Boren Zavonn
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Sanj Borem Zavonn
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Dis Borem Zavonn
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
hav tujo mog korta.
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
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
Not Available
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 million7.40 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million7.40 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Konkanis
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
99-AUS-m
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available