1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Fiji, India
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Urdu
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
Asante
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA22,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million380.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million260.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA120.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Hindustani people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European 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
Indian Signing System
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
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
Fusional, Synthetic