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Uzbek and Swahili


Swahili and Uzbek


Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
  • 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Salom   
Habari   

Thank You
Rakhmat   
Asante   

How Are You?
Qalay siz?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Hayirli tun   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Hayirli kech   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Hayirli tong   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Iltimos   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Kechiring!   
pole   

Bye
Xayr   
bye   

I Love You
Sizni sevaman   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Afghan   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Ferghana   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.39 %   
34
Not Available   

Native Speakers
26.00 million   
31
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
ouszbek   
swahili   

German Name
Usbekisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Uzbek   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD   
6th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Chagatay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Uzbek   
Swahili   

Language Position
53   
38
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
uz   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uzb   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
uzb   
swa   

ISO 639 3
uzb   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uzbe1247   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Uzbek and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Uzbek are spoken in different Uzbek Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Uzbek vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Uzbek dialects include: Tashkent, Afghan. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Uzbek and Swahili Speaking population

Uzbek and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uzbek and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Uzbek and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 % 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 Uzbek and Swahili on Uzbek vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uzbek and Swahili Language Codes

Uzbek and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Uzbek and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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