1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Gambia, Nigeria
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
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1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
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
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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
Usiku mwema
mai kyau dare
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
barka da yamma
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
barka da rana
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
mai kyau safe
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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 million50.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million35.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Hausa–Fulani people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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
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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
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology