Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Asante
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
bom Dia
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
pole
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
bye
  
tchau
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Not Available
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Português
  
French Name
swahili
  
portugais
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
6th century
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Romance
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Portuguese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili and Portuguese Speaking population
Swahili and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Swahili vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Portuguese Language Codes
Swahili and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.