1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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)
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Old German Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Prakrit 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
Habari
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
3.2 Thank You
Asante
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
शुभः सायंकालः
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
कृपया (kripayā)
3.9 Sorry
pole
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
3.10 Bye
bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Not Available
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 million14.10 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million14.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
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
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
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
99-AUS-m
No data available
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