Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
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)
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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.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
i'ndemin adäru
Please
tafadhali
i'bakwon
I Love You
nakupenda
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Samahani
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Gondar
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Gondar
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Ethiopia
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Ethiopia
Native Name
Kiswahili
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
swahili
amharique
German Name
Swahili
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Amharas
Origin
6th century
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Swahili
Amharic
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
amha1245
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
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 0.42 % 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.