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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

334
0 46
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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

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2624
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Habari

Thank You

Thank you
Asante

How Are You?

How are you?
Habari gani?

Good Night

Good Night
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

Good Evening
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi

Please

Please
tafadhali

Sorry

Sorry
pole

Bye

Bye
bye

I Love You

I love you
nakupenda

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

United States of America
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Kimgao

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18812
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

English
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

anglais
swahili

German Name

Englisch
Swahili

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

English people
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

5th Century AD
6th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Swahili

Language Position

321
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

en
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
swa

ISO 639 2/B

eng
swa

ISO 639 3

eng
swa

ISO 639 6

engs
swa

Glottocode

stan1293
swah1254

Linguasphere

52-ABA
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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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 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 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.