Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
South Africa
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Usiku mwema
goeie nag
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
goeie more
Please
tafadhali
asseblief
I Love You
nakupenda
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Samahani
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
-
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
-
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Namibia
Native Name
Kiswahili
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Cape Dutch
French Name
swahili
afrikaans
German Name
Swahili
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Afrikaners
Origin
6th century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
afri1274
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
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 Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. 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 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 and Afrikaans language codes 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.