Countries
Indonesia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Indonesia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Malay language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Thank You
Terima kasih
Asante
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
Habari za asubuhi
Please
mohon Untuk
tafadhali
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Permisi
Samahani
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Balinese
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Kilwa
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
indonésien
swahili
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Swahili
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
7th Century
6th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
indo1316
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Indonesian and Swahili Speaking population
Indonesian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Swahili on Indonesian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Indonesian and Swahili Language Codes
Indonesian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.