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Swahili Language



Countries
0

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya 0

Total No. Of Countries
4 11

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Africa 0

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya) 0

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages 0

Derived From
Arabic Language 0

Alphabets
0

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
24 6

Phonology
0

How Many Vowels
5 2

How Many Consonants
21 11

Scripts
Latin 0

Writing Direction
Not Available 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks 10

Greetings
0

Hello
Habari 0

Thank You
Asante 0

How Are You?
Habari gani? 0

Good Night
Usiku mwema 0

Good Evening
Habari za jioni 0

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri 0

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi 0

Please
tafadhali 0

Sorry
pole 0

Bye
bye 0

I Love You
nakupenda 0

Excuse Me
Samahani 0

Dialects
0

Dialect 1
Kiunguja 0

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 2
Kimrima 0

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Kimgao 0

Where They Speak
Kilwa 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
12 12

How Many People Speak
0

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million 13

Speaking Population
Not Available 0

Native Speakers
15.00 million 40

Second Language Speakers
Not Available 0

Native Name
Not Available 0

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili 0

French Name
swahili 0

German Name
Swahili 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili 0

History
0

Origin
6th century 0

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family 0

Subgroup
Benue-Congo 0

Branch
Bantu 0

Language Forms
0

Early Forms
No early forms 0

Standard Forms
Swahili 0

Language Position
Not Available 0

Signed Forms
Not Available 0

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage 0

Code
0

ISO 639 1
sw 0

ISO 639 2
0

ISO 639 2/T
swa 0

ISO 639 2/B
swa 0

ISO 639 3
swa 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
swah1254 0

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available 0

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available 0

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Origin of Swahili language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Swahili language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Swahili language states that it was put to use in 6th century. The history of Swahili language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Swahili Language History. Swahili has no early forms. Swahili is the standard form of Swahili language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Swahili Language.

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Swahili population

Swahili population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Swahili language. Swahili language is spoken by 150.00 million people in the world. Most of the Swahili population lies in the Swahili Speaking Countries. Swahili language is spoken as first language by 15.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Swahili as second language. Get to know Swahili speaking population in detail.

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Swahili writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Swahili writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Swahili language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Swahili language. Learn more about . 

Information about Swahili language

Check out all the information about Swahili language here. You may find it interesting to learn Swahili Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Swahili Speaking Countries, Swahili speaking continents and Swahili Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Swahili countries knowing common Swahili Greetings will help you in communicating with Swahili people.

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