Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Wales
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Bore da
  
Please
tafadhali
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
pole
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
bye
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
swahili
  
gallois
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
6th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Welsh
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Swahili and Welsh Speaking population
Swahili and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh 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 Welsh on Swahili vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Welsh Language Codes
Swahili and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.