1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Iran
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
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Balochi Academy, 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Kurdish and Persian
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian 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
Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
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?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
jawáin begáh
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
jawáin sawáh
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,400,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available