1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks
Rank: 10 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Habari
3.2 Thank You
Asante
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
3.8 Please
tafadhali
3.9 Sorry
pole
3.10 Bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimgao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
Rank: 13 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
5.3.4 French Name
swahili
5.3.5 German Name
Swahili
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
6.3.3 Language Position
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1
120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sw
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
swa
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
swa
7.3 ISO 639 3
swa
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
swah1254
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available