Malaysian and Swahili
Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Malaysia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Thank You
terima kasih
Asante
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Habari za asubuhi
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Samahani
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
malais
swahili
German Name
Malaiisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 683 AD
6th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1306
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malaysian and Swahili Speaking population
Malaysian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Malaysian and Swahili on Malaysian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Swahili Language Codes
Malaysian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.