Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Habari
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Asante
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
tafadhali
请 (Qǐng)
I Love You
nakupenda
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Samahani
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kilwa
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
French Name
swahili
chinois
German Name
Swahili
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Han
Origin
6th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
sini1245
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Swahili and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Chinese Speaking population
Swahili and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Swahili vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Chinese Language Codes
Swahili and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.