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
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)
Not Available
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
Not Available
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
nakupenda
I love you
Excuse Me
Samahani
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
American English
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Kilwa
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
English
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
French Name
swahili
anglais
German Name
Swahili
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
Origin
6th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
swah1254
stan1293
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.