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Swahili and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
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   
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.
    •   
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
Asante   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
tafadhali   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
pole   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
bye   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
nakupenda   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
14.10 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Not Available   

French Name
swahili   
sanskrit   

German Name
Swahili   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Sanskrit   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
san   

ISO 639 3
swa   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Swahili and Sanskrit Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Sanskrit dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Sanskrit language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Sanskrit Dialects are spoken in different Sanskrit speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Sanskrit Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Sanskrit Speaking population

Swahili and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. 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 Sanskrit on Swahili vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Sanskrit Language Codes

Swahili and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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