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Luri and Swahili


Swahili and Luri


Countries

Countries
Iran  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Iran  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica  
Africa  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Persian  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Luri-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
45  
25
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks  
7
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hello  
Habari  

Thank You
Thank you  
Asante  

How Are You?
how are you  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Good night  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Good evening  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Good morning  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Please  
tafadhali  

Sorry
sorry  
pole  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
i love you  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
excuse me  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Feyli lurish  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Bakhtiari  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Iran  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Laki  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Iran  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.00 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.00 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
0.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
89.00 million  
10
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
nanme  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
louri  
swahili  

German Name
-  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Lurs  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
19 BC  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
gd  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
gd  
Swahili  

Language Position
23  
21
21  
19

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
12  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lrc  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
lrc  
swa  

ISO 639 3
12  
swa  

ISO 639 6
lrc  
swa  

Glottocode
12  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
12  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Luri 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 Luri and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Luri and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Luri are spoken in different Luri Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Luri vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Luri dialects include: Feyli lurish, Bakhtiari. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Luri and Swahili Speaking population

Luri and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Luri and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Luri and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 % 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 Luri and Swahili on Luri vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Luri and Swahili Language Codes

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