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Sanskrit and Swahili


Swahili and Sanskrit


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Habari  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Asante  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
tafadhali  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
pole  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
bye  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
-  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Not present  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
-  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
-  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
-  
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
sanskrit  
swahili  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Swahili  

Language Position
23  
21
21  
19

Signed Forms
-  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
swa  

ISO 639 3
san  
swa  

ISO 639 6
san  
swa  

Glottocode
sans1269  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Sanskrit and Swahili Speaking population

Sanskrit and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Swahili on Sanskrit vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Swahili Language Codes

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