Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Zimbabwe
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Asante
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Manheru
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Masikati
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Mangwanani
Please
tafadhali
Ndinokumbirawo
I Love You
nakupenda
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Samahani
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Karanga
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
southern Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Kilwa
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
swahili
shona
German Name
Swahili
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
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Origin
6th century
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Swahili
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Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
swah1254
core1255
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Swahili and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Shona Speaking population
Swahili and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona 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 Shona on Swahili vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Shona Language Codes
Swahili and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.