Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Bhutan
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Hello
Habari
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Asante
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
tafadhali
བསྐྱར་མ་
I Love You
nakupenda
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Samahani
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Bhutan
Native Name
Kiswahili
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
swahili
dzongkha
German Name
Swahili
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Ngalop people
Origin
6th century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Bantu
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
nucl1307
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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All Swahili and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Dzongkha Speaking population
Swahili and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Swahili vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Dzongkha Language Codes
Swahili and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.