Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2445
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
520
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2125
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
नमस्कार
Thank You
Asante
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
बोडो
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
tafadhali
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
pole
दु:खित
Bye
bye
Lwrbw
I Love You
nakupenda
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Samahani
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million0.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million0.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
75.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
swahili
bodo
German Name
Swahili
Bodo
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
6th century
1913
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Swahili
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Language Position
2130
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
brx
ISO 639 2/B
swa
brx
ISO 639 3
swa
brx
ISO 639 6
swa
brx
Glottocode
swah1254
bodo1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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