Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bengali Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2447
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2131
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Asante
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
tafadhali
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
pole
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
bye
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
nakupenda
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
Samahani
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Surati
Where They Speak
Kilwa
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How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million50.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
75.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
swahili
goudjrati
German Name
Swahili
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Gujaratis
Origin
6th century
15
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
2123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
guj
ISO 639 2/B
swa
guj
ISO 639 3
swa
guj
ISO 639 6
swa
guj
Glottocode
swah1254
guja1252
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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