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1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
33
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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1.3 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
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
1.8 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.
    1.9 Similar To
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Not Available
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    Latin
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    26
    Rank: 8 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Latin
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Not Available
    Left-To-Right, Horizontal
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    7
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
    6 weeks
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Habari
    Hello
    3.2 Thank You
    Asante
    Thank you
    3.3 How Are You?
    Habari gani?
    How are you?
    3.4 Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    Good Night
    3.5 Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    Good Evening
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    Good Afternoon
    3.7 Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    Good Morning
    3.8 Please
    tafadhali
    Please
    3.9 Sorry
    pole
    Sorry
    3.10 Bye
    bye
    Bye
    3.11 I Love You
    nakupenda
    I love you
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Samahani
    Excuse Me
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Kiunguja
    American English
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Zanzibar island
    United States of America
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
    About Chinese L..
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    225,000,000.00
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Kimrima
    Hiberno-English
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Dar es Salaam
    Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
    About Chinese L..
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    4,500,000.00
    Rank: 15 (Overall)
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Kimgao
    Welsh English
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Kilwa
    United Kingdom
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
    About Swedish L..
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    2,500,000.00
    Rank: 14 (Overall)
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
    188
    Rank: 34 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
    1,200.00 million
    Rank: 1 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    5.43 %
    Rank: 4 (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
    About Chinese L..
    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    400.00 million
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
    About English L..
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    400.00 million
    Rank: 1 (Overall)
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    Not Available
    English
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    Not Available
    5.3.4 French Name
    swahili
    anglais
    5.3.5 German Name
    Swahili
    Englisch
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    Not Available
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    6th century
    5th Century AD
    6.2 Language Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    Indo-European Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Benue-Congo
    Not Available
    6.2.2 Branch
    Bantu
    Not Available
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Swahili
    Standard English
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    3
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
    Signed English
    6.4 Scope
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    Individual
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    sw
    en
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    swa
    eng
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    swa
    eng
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    swa
    eng
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    engs
    7.5 Glottocode
    swah1254
    stan1293
    7.6 Linguasphere
    99-AUS-m
    52-ABA
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Not Available
    Subject-Verb-Object
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    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 Not Available 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.

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