Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Rajastan, India
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Rajastan, India
  
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
  
Nepal, Pakistan
  
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Gujarati Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
khammaghani
  
Thank You
Asante
  
dhanyavaad
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Kikan ho sa?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
shubh raatri
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Shubh Honjh
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Shubh Befar
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Shubh Havar
  
Please
tafadhali
  
kirpa
  
Sorry
pole
  
Maaf Karo
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
main tanne pyaar karoon
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
maaf karo
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Jogi
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Bagri
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Dhundhari
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
22.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
14.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Marwari
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
  
French Name
swahili
  
marvari
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Marwari
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Marwari or Marwadi
  
Origin
6th century
  
16
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Marwari
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
raja1256
  
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 Marwari Speaking population
Swahili and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Swahili vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Marwari Language Codes
Swahili and Marwari language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Marwari Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.