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Swahili
Swahili

Arabic
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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

423
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2428
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2128
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
مرحبا

Thank You

Asante
شكرا

How Are You?

Habari gani?
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

Usiku mwema
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
مساء الخير

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
صباح الخير

Please

tafadhali
من فضلك

Sorry

pole
آسف

Bye

bye
وداعا

I Love You

nakupenda
أحبك

Excuse Me

Samahani
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Sudan

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Levantine

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1226
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

swahili
arabe

German Name

Swahili
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Arabs

History

Origin

6th century
512 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Semitic

Branch

Bantu
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Swahili
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

2125
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
ara

ISO 639 2/B

swa
ara

ISO 639 3

swa
ara

ISO 639 6

swa
ara

Glottocode

swah1254
arab1395

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Swahili and Arabic Alphabets

Swahili and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Arabic. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Swahili and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Arabic Speaking population

Swahili and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Swahili vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Arabic Language Codes

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