Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2422
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
50
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2122
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Habari
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Asante
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
tafadhali
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
pole
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
nakupenda
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Samahani
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Israel
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Israel
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
127
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kiswahili
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
swahili
hébreu
German Name
Swahili
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
6th century
1000 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
2123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
heb
ISO 639 2/B
swa
heb
ISO 639 3
swa
heb
ISO 639 6
swa
heb
Glottocode
swah1254
hebr1246
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic