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Swahili
Swahili

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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

432
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2120
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
bonjour

Thank You

Asante
Merci

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Bonjour

Please

tafadhali
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

pole
désolé

Bye

bye
au revoir

I Love You

nakupenda
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Samahani
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
African French

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Africa

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1225
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
français

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Français

French Name

swahili
français

German Name

Swahili
Französisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
French people

History

Origin

6th century
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Swahili
Standard French

Language Position

2113
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
fra

ISO 639 2/B

swa
fre

ISO 639 3

swa
fra

ISO 639 6

swa
fras

Glottocode

swah1254
stan1290

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Swahili and French Alphabets

Swahili and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and French. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Swahili and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and French Speaking population

Swahili and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and French languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Swahili vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and French Language Codes

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