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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 11 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Ethiopia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
    • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
    1.9 Similar To
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Not Available
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    Not Available
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    33
    Rank: 15 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    7
    Rank: 4 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    31
    Rank: 21 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Latin
    Ethiopic
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Not Available
    Left-To-Right, Horizontal
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
    44 weeks
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Habari
    Selam
    3.2 Thank You
    Asante
    amesege'nallo'
    3.3 How Are You?
    Habari gani?
    Dehina newot?
    3.4 Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    Dehna dur
    3.5 Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    melkam meshe't
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    i'ndemin walu
    3.7 Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    i'ndemin adäru
    3.8 Please
    tafadhali
    i'bakwon
    3.9 Sorry
    pole
    aznallehu
    3.10 Bye
    bye
    tschao
    3.11 I Love You
    nakupenda
    afekirishalehu
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Samahani
    yiqirta
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Kiunguja
    Gondar
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Zanzibar island
    Gondar
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Kimrima
    Gojjami
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Dar es Salaam
    Ethiopia
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Kimgao
    Showa
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Kilwa
    Ethiopia
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
    5
    Rank: 5 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
    18.70 million
    Rank: 44 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    0.37 %
    Rank: 35 (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    25.00 million
    Rank: 32 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    10.00 million
    Rank: 23 (Overall)
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    Not Available
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    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
    5.3.4 French Name
    swahili
    amharique
    5.3.5 German Name
    Swahili
    Amharisch
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    [amarɨɲɲa]
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    Amharas
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    6th century
    13th century
    6.2 Language Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    Afro-Asiatic Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Benue-Congo
    Semitic
    6.2.2 Branch
    Bantu
    Ethiopic
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    Ge'ez
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Swahili
    Amharic
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    55
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
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    Signed Amharic
    6.4 Scope
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    Individual
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    sw
    am
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    swa
    amh
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    swa
    amh
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    swa
    amh
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    swah1254
    amha1245
    7.6 Linguasphere
    99-AUS-m
    12-ACB-a
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    Fusional

    Swahili and Amharic Alphabets

    Swahili and Amharic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Amharic. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Swahili and Amharic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Amharic 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 greetings vs Amharic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Amharic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    Swahili and Amharic Speaking population

    Swahili and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Swahili vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Swahili and Amharic Language Codes

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

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