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Swahili
Swahili

Filipino
Filipino



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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Philippines

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Tagalog Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Spanish Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2428
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2123
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Kumusta

Thank You

Asante
Salamat

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Kumusta

Good Night

Usiku mwema
magandang gabi

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Magandang gabi

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Magandang hapon

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Magandang umaga

Please

tafadhali
Mangyaring

Sorry

pole
pinagsisisihan

Bye

bye
Paalam

I Love You

nakupenda
Mahal kita

Excuse Me

Samahani
patawarin ninyo ako

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Bikol

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Philippines

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Hiligaynon

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Philippines

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.008,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Waray

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Philippines

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.002,600,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

128
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million90.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %1.74 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million45.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million45.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
filipino

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Pilipino

French Name

swahili
filipino; pilipino

German Name

Swahili
Pilipino

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Filipino people

History

Origin

6th century
16th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
-

Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Swahili
Filipino

Language Position

2134
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
No Data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
fil

ISO 639 2/B

swa
fil

ISO 639 3

swa
fil

ISO 639 6

swa
fil

Glottocode

swah1254
fili1244

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
No Data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Swahili and Filipino Alphabets

Swahili and Filipino Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Filipino. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Swahili and Filipino languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Filipino are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Filipino Speaking population

Swahili and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Filipino on Swahili vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Filipino Language Codes

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