Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Halo
  
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
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Not Available
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
swahili
  
madourais
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Madurese
  
Origin
6th century
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Madurese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
madu1247
  
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 Madurese Speaking population
Swahili and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Swahili vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Madurese Language Codes
Swahili and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.