How many people speak Swahili and Arabic?

Swahili vs Arabic Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Swahili and Arabic, you will get to compare Swahili vs Arabic speaking population. How many people speak Swahili and Arabic gives you the number of people speaking Swahili and Arabic in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Swahili language is 150.00 million and number of people speaking Arabic language is 452.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Swahili is 0.42 % and speaking population of Arabic is 4.43 %. For more detailed difference check out Swahili vs Arabic.

Swahili native speakers vs Arabic native speakers

How many people speak Swahili and Arabic languages tells about Swahili native speakers vs Arabic native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 15.00 million people speak Swahili as native language while 206.00 million people speak Arabic as native language. You can also go to Swahili vs Arabic Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Swahili and Arabic language. In some regions, Swahili and Arabic languages are used as second language. There are 75.00 million speakers who use Swahili as second language and 246.00 million speakers who use Arabic as second language.

Native Names of Swahili and Arabic

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

• Swahili alternative names are: Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
• Arabic alternative names are: Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

The French name of Swahili is swahili whereas German name of Swahili is Swahili. The German name of Arabic is Arabisch whereas French name of Arabic is swahili.