1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, No official status
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit 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?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
pole
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Caribbean Hindustani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA16,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
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