1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Israel
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Israel
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
0.1 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
1.2 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
1.4 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy of the Hebrew Language
1.5 Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
1.6 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
1.7 Derived From
Arabic Language
Aramaic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
1.3 Phonology
1.3.1 How Many Vowels
3.2.1 How Many Consonants
3.5 Scripts
3.6 Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
3.7 Hard to Learn
3.7.1 Language Levels
3.7.4 Time Taken to Learn
4 Greetings
4.1 Hello
4.2 Thank You
4.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
4.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
4.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
4.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
4.8 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
4.10 Please
tafadhali
בבקשה (bevekshah)
4.12 Sorry
4.13 Bye
4.14 I Love You
nakupenda
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
4.15 Excuse Me
5 Dialects
5.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Ashkenazi Hebrew
5.1.1 Where They Speak
5.1.2 How Many People Speak
5.2 Dialect 2
5.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Israel, Palestine
5.2.3 How Many People Speak
5.3 Dialect 3
5.3.1 Where They Speak
5.3.2 How Many People Speak
9.2 Total No. Of Dialects
10 How Many People Speak
10.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million9.00 million
0.13
1200
10.4 Speaking Population
10.7 Native Speakers
15.00 million4.40 million
0.13
873
12.1.1 Second Language Speakers
12.2.1 Native Name
Not Available
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
12.2.2 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Israeli, Ivrit
12.2.3 French Name
12.2.4 German Name
12.3 Pronunciation
Not Available
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
12.4 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
13 History
13.1 Origin
13.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
13.2.1 Subgroup
13.2.2 Branch
13.3 Language Forms
13.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
13.3.2 Standard Forms
13.3.3 Language Position
13.5.1 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Hebrew
13.6 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
14 Code
14.1 ISO 639 1
14.2 ISO 639 2
14.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
14.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
14.3 ISO 639 3
14.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
14.5 Glottocode
14.6 Linguasphere
14.7 Types of Language
14.7.1 Language Type
14.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
14.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic