Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Jammu and Kashmir, India
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
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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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2448
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2136
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks42 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
Ke aal aee
Thank You
Asante
dhanwaad
How Are You?
Habari gani?
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
Usiku mwema
shub ratri
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
su prabat
Please
tafadhali
kripya
Sorry
pole
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
bye
changa ji pher
I Love You
nakupenda
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
Samahani
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Kullu
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00110,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Hinduri
Where They Speak
Kilwa
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million4.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million2.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
swahili
dogri
German Name
Swahili
Dogri
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Dogras
Origin
6th century
1971
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Dogri
Language Position
2132
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Dogri
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sw
doi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
doi
ISO 639 2/B
swa
doi
ISO 639 3
swa
doi
ISO 639 6
swa
doi
Glottocode
swah1254
indo1311
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
59-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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