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Sundanese
Sundanese

Swahili
Swahili



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Countries

Countries

West Java
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Indonesia
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

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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

Interesting Facts

  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Madurese and Malay Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

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Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3324
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1621
9 60
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Scripts

Latin, Sundanese
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

40 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Halo
Habari

Thank You

Nuhun
Asante

How Are You?

Kumaha kabarna?
Habari gani?

Good Night

Wilujeng kulem
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

Wilujeng wengi
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

Wilujeng siang
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

Wilujeng énjing
Habari za asubuhi

Please

Mangga
tafadhali

Sorry

Hapunten
pole

Bye

Wilujeng angkat
bye

I Love You

Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
nakupenda

Excuse Me

Punten
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western dialect
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Banten
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

40,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern dialect
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Bogor
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

40,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Priangan dialect
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Bandung
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

40,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

612
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

39.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.57 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

39.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Basa Sunda
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Priangan, Sunda
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

soundanais
swahili

German Name

Sundanesisch
Swahili

Pronunciation

[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

5th century AD
6th century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indonesian
Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Sundanese
Swahili

Language Position

4221
1 120
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Signed Forms

Sundanese Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

su
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sun
swa

ISO 639 2/B

sun
swa

ISO 639 3

sun
swa

ISO 639 6

sun
swa

Glottocode

sund1251
swah1254

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

-
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Sundanese and Swahili Alphabets

Sundanese and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sundanese and Swahili. In Sundanese Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Sundanese and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sundanese and Swahili languages. The Sundanese phonology consist Sundanese vowels and Sundanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sundanese greetings vs Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sundanese and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Sundanese and Swahili Speaking population

Sundanese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % 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 Sundanese and Swahili on Sundanese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Swahili Language Codes

Sundanese and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sundanese and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.