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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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33
Rank: 2 (Overall)
4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    1.9 Similar To
    Not Available
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    1.10 Derived From
    Latin
    Arabic Language
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    26
    Rank: 8 (Overall)
    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Latin
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Left-To-Right, Horizontal
    Not Available
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    7
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    6 weeks
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Hello
    Habari
    3.2 Thank You
    Thank you
    Asante
    3.3 How Are You?
    How are you?
    Habari gani?
    3.4 Good Night
    Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    3.5 Good Evening
    Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    3.7 Good Morning
    Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    3.8 Please
    Please
    tafadhali
    3.9 Sorry
    Sorry
    pole
    3.10 Bye
    Bye
    bye
    3.11 I Love You
    I love you
    nakupenda
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Excuse Me
    Samahani
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    American English
    Kiunguja
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    United States of America
    Zanzibar island
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    225,000,000.00
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Hiberno-English
    Kimrima
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
    Dar es Salaam
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    4,500,000.00
    Rank: 15 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Welsh English
    Kimgao
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    United Kingdom
    Kilwa
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    2,500,000.00
    Rank: 14 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    188
    Rank: 34 (Overall)
    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
    About English L..
    1,200.00 million
    Rank: 1 (Overall)
    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    5.43 %
    Rank: 4 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    400.00 million
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
    About English L..
    400.00 million
    Rank: 1 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    English
    Not Available
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Not Available
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    5.3.4 French Name
    anglais
    swahili
    5.3.5 German Name
    Englisch
    Swahili
    5.4 Pronunciation
    /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Not Available
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    5th Century AD
    6th century
    6.2 Language Family
    Indo-European Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Not Available
    Benue-Congo
    6.2.2 Branch
    Not Available
    Bantu
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Standard English
    Swahili
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    3
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Signed English
    Not Available
    6.4 Scope
    Individual
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    en
    sw
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    eng
    swa
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    eng
    swa
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    eng
    swa
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    engs
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    stan1293
    swah1254
    7.6 Linguasphere
    52-ABA
    99-AUS-m
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Subject-Verb-Object
    Not Available
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
    Not Available

    English and Swahili Alphabets

    English and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Swahili. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn English and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Swahili languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    English and Swahili Speaking population

    English and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of English and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Swahili on English vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    English and Swahili Language Codes

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

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