How many people speak Swahili and Somali?

Swahili vs Somali Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Swahili and Somali, you will get to compare Swahili vs Somali speaking population. How many people speak Swahili and Somali gives you the number of people speaking Swahili and Somali in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Swahili language is 150.00 million and number of people speaking Somali language is 13.00 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 Somali is 0.07 %. For more detailed difference check out Swahili vs Somali.

Swahili native speakers vs Somali native speakers

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

Native Names of Swahili and Somali

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

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

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