Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
French Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Buenos Días
Please
tafadhali
Por Favor
I Love You
nakupenda
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Samahani
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Mexico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Español
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
swahili
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Swahili
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
Origin
6th century
210 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Swahili
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
stan1288
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic