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1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 11 (Overall)
23
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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1.3 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
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
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)
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
    • 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.
    1.9 Similar To
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Amharic and Hebrew
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    Not Available
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    28
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    8
    Rank: 5 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    28
    Rank: 18 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Latin
    Arabic
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Not Available
    Right-To-Left, Horizontal
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    4
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
    88 weeks
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Habari
    مرحبا
    3.2 Thank You
    Asante
    شكرا
    3.3 How Are You?
    Habari gani?
    كيف حالك؟
    3.4 Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    تصبح على خير
    3.5 Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    مساء الخير
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    مساء الخير
    3.7 Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    صباح الخير
    3.8 Please
    tafadhali
    من فضلك
    3.9 Sorry
    pole
    آسف
    3.10 Bye
    bye
    وداعا
    3.11 I Love You
    nakupenda
    أحبك
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Samahani
    اعذرني
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Kiunguja
    Maghrebi
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Zanzibar island
    Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Kimrima
    Sudanese
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Dar es Salaam
    Sudan
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    17,000,000.00
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Kimgao
    Levantine
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Kilwa
    Cyprus, Levant
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    21,000,000.00
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
    26
    Rank: 22 (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)
    452.00 million
    Rank: 4 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    4.43 %
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    206.00 million
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    246.00 million
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    Not Available
    (al arabiya) العربية
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
    5.3.4 French Name
    swahili
    arabe
    5.3.5 German Name
    Swahili
    Arabisch
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    /al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    Arabs
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    6th century
    512 CE
    6.2 Language Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Benue-Congo
    Semitic
    6.2.2 Branch
    Bantu
    North Arabic
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Swahili
    Modern Standard Arabic
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    25
    Rank: 21 (Overall)
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
    Signed Arabic
    6.4 Scope
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    Macrolanguage
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    sw
    ar
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    swa
    ara
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    swa
    ara
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    swa
    ara
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    swah1254
    arab1395
    7.6 Linguasphere
    99-AUS-m
    12-AAC
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Not Available
    Subject-Verb-Object
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    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 Not Available 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.

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