1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Malaysia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Indonesian Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Tamil 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
Not Available
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
Selamat Malam
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Selamat Petang
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Selamat tengah hari
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Selamat pagi
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
Saya sayang kamu
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,100,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million175.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
Bahasa melayu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian 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
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
Pluricentric Standard Malay
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Malaysian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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