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Arabic and Swahili


Swahili and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
4  
11

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
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
Africa, Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Habari  

Thank You
شكرا  
Asante  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
من فضلك  
tafadhali  

Sorry
آسف  
pole  

Bye
وداعا  
bye  

I Love You
أحبك  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
arabe  
swahili  

German Name
Arabisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
512 CE  
6th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
North Arabic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Swahili  

Language Position
25  
23
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
swa  

ISO 639 3
ara  
swa  

ISO 639 6
ara  
swa  

Glottocode
arab1395  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Arabic and Swahili Speaking population

Arabic and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Arabic and Swahili on Arabic vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Swahili Language Codes

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

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