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Swahili and Sindhi


Sindhi and Swahili


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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)  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
42  
31

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
Asante  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
tafadhali  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
pole  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
bye  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Upper Sindh  

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Central Sindh  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Lower Sindh  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
32

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Not Available  

French Name
swahili  
sindhi  

German Name
Swahili  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Not Available  

History

Origin
6th century  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Sindhi  

Language Position
Not Available  
50  
37

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
snd  

ISO 639 3
swa  
snd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Swahili and Sindhi 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 Sindhi dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Sindhi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Sindhi Dialects are spoken in different Sindhi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Sindhi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki , Vicholi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Sindhi Speaking population

Swahili and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Swahili vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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