×

Swahili
Swahili

English
English



ADD
Compare
X
Swahili
X
English

Swahili and English

Add ⊕

Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

433
0 46
👆🏻

National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
-

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2426
18 247
👆🏻

Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
👆🏻

How Many Consonants

2121
9 60
👆🏻

Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

37
2 12
👆🏻

Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks6 weeks
3 88
👆🏻

Greetings

Hello

Habari
Hello

Thank You

Asante
Thank you

How Are You?

Habari gani?
How are you?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Good Night

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Good Morning

Please

tafadhali
Please

Sorry

pole
Sorry

Bye

bye
Bye

I Love You

nakupenda
I love you

Excuse Me

Samahani
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
American English

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
United States of America

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
👆🏻

Dialect 2

Kimrima
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
👆🏻

Dialect 3

Kimgao
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Kilwa
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
👆🏻

Total No. Of Dialects

12188
0 188
👆🏻

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
👆🏻

Speaking Population

0.42 %5.43 %
0 89
👆🏻

Native Speakers

15.00 million400.00 million
0 873
👆🏻

Second Language Speakers

75.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
👆🏻

Native Name

Kiswahili
English

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
English

French Name

swahili
anglais

German Name

Swahili
Englisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
English people

History

Origin

6th century
5th Century AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
-

Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Swahili
Standard English

Language Position

213
1 120
👆🏻

Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
eng

ISO 639 2/B

swa
eng

ISO 639 3

swa
eng

ISO 639 6

swa
engs

Glottocode

swah1254
stan1293

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Swahili and English Alphabets

Swahili and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and English. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Swahili and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and English languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Swahili and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Swahili and English Speaking population

Swahili and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and English languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Swahili vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and English Language Codes

Swahili and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.