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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
I love you
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Samahani
Dialect 1
American English
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
United States of America
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Kimgao
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Kilwa
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
Origin
5th Century AD
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Swahili
Signed Forms
Signed English
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
stan1293
swah1254
Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUS-m
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 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.