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Swahili and Malaysian


Malaysian and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
Hai   

Thank You
Asante   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
Selamat pagi   

Please
tafadhali   
sila   

Sorry
pole   
maaf   

Bye
bye   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
nakupenda   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Not Available   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Not Available   

French Name
swahili   
malais   

German Name
Swahili   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
may   

ISO 639 3
swa   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
stan1306   

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   
Agglutinative   

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All Swahili and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Malaysian Speaking population

Swahili and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Swahili vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Malaysian Language Codes

Swahili and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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