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African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
4
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Arabic Language
     
    Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
    24
    5
    21
    Latin
    -
    3
    36 weeks
     
    Habari
    Asante
    Habari gani?
    Usiku mwema
    Habari za jioni
    nzuri Alasiri
    Habari za asubuhi
    tafadhali
    pole
    bye
    nakupenda
    Samahani
     
    Kiunguja
    Zanzibar island
    75,000,000.00
    Kimrima
    Dar es Salaam
    75,000,000.00
    Kimgao
    Kilwa
    75,000,000.00
    12
     
    150.00 million
    0.42 %
    15.00 million
    75.00 million
    Kiswahili
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    swahili
    Swahili
    [swaˈhili]
    Swahili people or Waswahili
     
    6th century
    Niger-Congo Family
    Benue-Congo
    Bantu
    No early forms
    Swahili
    21
    Swahili Sign Language
    Individual, Macrolanguage
     
    sw
    swa
    swa
    swa
    swa
    swah1254
    99-AUS-m
    Living
    -
    -
     
    South Africa
    1
    South Africa
    Namibia, South Africa
    Africa
    Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
    • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
    • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
    Dutch Language
    Dutch Language
     
    Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
    32
    15
    17
    Latin
    Left-To-Right, Horizontal
    3
    24 weeks
     
    hallo
    Dankie
    Hoe gaan dit
    goeie nag
    Goeienaand
    Goeie middag
    goeie more
    asseblief
    jammer
    Totsiens
    Ek het jou lief
    Verskoon my
     
    Kaapse Afrikaans
    -
    7,700,000.00
    Oranjeriverafrikaans
    -
    7,700,000.00
    Baster Afrikaans
    Namibia
    7.00
    3
     
    19.00 million
    0.03 %
    7.10 million
    10.30 million
    Afrikaans
    Cape Dutch
    afrikaans
    Afrikaans
    [ɐfriˈkɑːns]
    Afrikaners
     
    17th Century
    Indo-European Family
    Germanic
    Western
    Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
    Standard Afrikaans
    23
    Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
    Individual
     
    af
    afr
    afr
    afr
    afrs
    afri1274
    52-ACB-ba
    Living
    Subject-Object-Verb
    Analytic

    Swahili and Afrikaans Alphabets

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

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

    Swahili and Afrikaans Speaking population

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

    Swahili and Afrikaans Language Codes

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