Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Habari gani?
你好吗？
Good Night
Usiku mwema
晚安
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
晚上好
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
下午好
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
早上好
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Hong Kong
Native Name
Kiswahili
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
swahili
cantonais
German Name
Swahili
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Han Chinese
Origin
6th century
17th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
sw
No data available
ISO 639 3
swa
No data available
Glottocode
swah1254
cant1236
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Swahili and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Cantonese Speaking population
Swahili and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Swahili vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Cantonese Language Codes
Swahili and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.