1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Japan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Japan
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
Palau
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Korean Language
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Habari
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
おはよう (Ohayō)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
3.9 Sorry
pole
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
すみません (Sumimasen)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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 million128.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million128.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Japanese (Yamato)
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Japonic 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
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic