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Urdu and Swahili


Swahili and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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.
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Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
40   
29
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
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   

History

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
20   
18
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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