1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
West Java
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Indonesia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Madurese and Malay Languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
Kumaha kabarna?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
Wilujeng kulem
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Wilujeng wengi
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Wilujeng siang
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Wilujeng énjing
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million39.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Priangan, Sunda
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th century
5th century AD
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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