1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Benin, Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
2.11 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Nigeria
2.12 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
2.13 Speaking Continents
2.15 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
2.16 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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2.17 Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
2.18 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
2.19 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
3.3 Phonology
3.3.1 How Many Vowels
3.3.3 How Many Consonants
3.7 Scripts
3.8 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
3.9 Hard to Learn
3.9.1 Language Levels
3.9.3 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
6.2 Thank You
6.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
Bawo ni o se wa
6.4 Good Night
6.5 Good Evening
6.6 Good Afternoon
6.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
e kaaro
6.8 Please
6.9 Sorry
6.10 Bye
6.11 I Love You
6.12 Excuse Me
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
7.1.1 Where They Speak
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA500,000.00
1.5
960000000
7.3 Dialect 2
7.3.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Benin, Togo
7.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA800,000.00
700
80000000
7.5 Dialect 3
7.5.1 Where They Speak
7.5.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1400
96000000
7.7 Total No. Of Dialects
9 How Many People Speak
9.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
9.3 Speaking Population
9.5 Native Speakers
15.00 million28.00 million
0.13
873
9.5.2 Second Language Speakers
9.5.3 Native Name
9.5.4 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Yariba, Yooba
9.5.5 French Name
9.5.6 German Name
9.6 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
9.7 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Yoruba people
10 History
10.1 Origin
10.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
10.2.2 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Western Sudanic
10.2.4 Branch
10.3 Language Forms
10.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
10.4.1 Standard Forms
10.5.1 Language Position
11.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
11.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
12 Code
12.1 ISO 639 1
12.2 ISO 639 2
12.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
12.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
12.3 ISO 639 3
12.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
12.5 Glottocode
12.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
12.7 Types of Language
12.7.1 Language Type
12.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
12.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating