1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Ethiopia, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Somali Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
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?
Habari gani?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
Nagayattii buli
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Akkam waarite
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Attam oolte / ooltan
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Attam bulte/bultan
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
Maaloo na dabarsi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Ethiopia, Kenya
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,000,000.00
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
NA13,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million24.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
Afaan Oromo
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Afaan Oromoo
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Oromos
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available