1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Dutch 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
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?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
goeie more
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1.2 Total No. Of Dialects
2 How Many People Speak
2.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
2.3 Speaking Population
2.5 Native Speakers
15.00 million7.10 million
0.13
873
2.5.1 Second Language Speakers
2.5.2 Native Name
2.5.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Cape Dutch
2.5.4 French Name
2.5.5 German Name
2.6 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
2.7 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Afrikaners
3 History
3.1 Origin
3.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
3.2.1 Subgroup
3.2.2 Branch
3.3 Language Forms
3.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
3.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Afrikaans
3.3.3 Language Position
3.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
3.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
4 Code
4.1 ISO 639 1
4.2 ISO 639 2
4.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
4.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
4.3 ISO 639 3
4.4 ISO 639 6
4.5 Glottocode
4.6 Linguasphere
4.7 Types of Language
4.7.1 Language Type
4.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
4.7.3 Language Morphological Typology