Countries
India, Pakistan
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Habari
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
pole
  
Bye
الوداع
  
bye
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
ourdou
  
swahili
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
All Urdu and Swahili Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Swahili Speaking population
Urdu and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Swahili on Urdu vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Swahili Language Codes
Urdu and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.