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Esperanto and Swahili


Swahili and Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
East Asia, European Union  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • 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
Latin and Italian Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Habari  

Thank You
Dankon  
Asante  

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Bonan nokton  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Bonan matenon  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Mi petas  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!  
pole  

Bye
Ĝis poste  
bye  

I Love You
Mi amas vin  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Pardonu!  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Not present  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
0.20 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Esperanto  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
espéranto  
swahili  

German Name
Esperanto  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Esperanto speakers  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1887  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Esperanto  
Swahili  

Language Position
33  
31
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signuno  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
eo  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
epo  
swa  

ISO 639 3
epo  
swa  

ISO 639 6
epo  
swa  

Glottocode
espe1235  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Esperanto and Swahili Speaking population

Esperanto and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Esperanto and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Esperanto and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 % 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 Esperanto and Swahili on Esperanto vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Esperanto and Swahili Language Codes

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

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