Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Habari
  
Rimaykullayki
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Solpayki
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Allillanchu
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Allin tuta
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Wuynas nuchis
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Wuynas tardis
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Wuynus diyas
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
pole
  
Pampachaykuway
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Kuyayki
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Pampachaway
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Ancash
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Huánuco
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Yaru
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
8.90 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
8.90 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Qhichwa
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
North La Paz Quechua
  
French Name
swahili
  
quechua
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Quechua-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Quechua
  
Origin
6th century
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Quechumaran Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Andean Equatorial
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Quechua
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
qu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
que
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
que
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
que
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
quec1387
  
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, Synthetic
  
Swahili and Quechua Speaking population
Swahili and Quechua speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Quechua languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Quechua Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Quechua language is 0.13 %. 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 Quechua on Swahili vs Quechua where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Quechua Language Codes
Swahili and Quechua language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Quechua Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.