Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Asante
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
tafadhali
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
pole
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
bye
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Not Available
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
swahili
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
6th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional