Countries
Fiji, India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
India
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
Asia, Oceania
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Urdu
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4424
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3321
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Habari
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Asante
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
tafadhali
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
pole
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
bye
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2112
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
hindi
swahili
German Name
Hindi
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
7th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Swahili
Language Position
521
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
hi
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
swa
ISO 639 2/B
hin
swa
ISO 639 3
hin
swa
ISO 639 6
hins
swa
Glottocode
hind1269
swah1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
-