Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2433
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2133
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Asante
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
tafadhali
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
pole
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
nakupenda
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Samahani
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Intha
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Burma
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
125
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kiswahili
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
swahili
birman
German Name
Swahili
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Bamar people
Origin
6th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Burmese
Language Position
2143
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
mya
ISO 639 2/B
swa
bur
ISO 639 3
swa
mya
ISO 639 6
swa
mya
Glottocode
swah1254
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating