How many people speak Somali and Swahili?

Somali vs Swahili Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Somali and Swahili, you will get to compare Somali vs Swahili speaking population. How many people speak Somali and Swahili gives you the number of people speaking Somali and Swahili in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Somali language is 13.00 million and number of people speaking Swahili language is 150.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Somali is 0.07 % and speaking population of Swahili is 0.42 %. For more detailed difference check out Somali vs Swahili.

Somali native speakers vs Swahili native speakers

How many people speak Somali and Swahili languages tells about Somali native speakers vs Swahili native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 8.00 million people speak Somali as native language while 15.00 million people speak Swahili as native language. You can also go to Somali vs Swahili Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Somali and Swahili language. In some regions, Somali and Swahili languages are used as second language. There are 21.00 million speakers who use Somali as second language and 75.00 million speakers who use Swahili as second language.

Native Names of Somali and Swahili

Native names are used in the Somali and Swahili Speaking Countries. Both Somali and Swahili languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Somali and Swahili you will get to know the native names of Somali and Swahili languages. The native name of Somali is af Soomaali and native name of Swahili is Kiswahili. The alternative names of Somali and Swahili languages are as follows:

• Somali alternative names are: Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
• Swahili alternative names are: Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

The French name of Somali is somali whereas German name of Somali is Somali. The German name of Swahili is Swahili whereas French name of Swahili is somali.