Countries
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2436
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2128
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Habari
kedụ
Thank You
Asante
dalụ
How Are You?
Habari gani?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ka chi fo
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
tafadhali
Biko
Sorry
pole
Ndo
Bye
bye
Kachifo
I Love You
nakupenda
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
Samahani
ngọpụ
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Enuani
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Not present
Where They Speak
Kilwa
-
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1220
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.09 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million24.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kiswahili
igbo
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Ibo
French Name
swahili
igbo
German Name
Swahili
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Igbo people
History
Origin
6th century
30th Century BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Kwa
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Igbo
Language Position
2157
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
sw
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
swa
ibo
ISO 639 3
swa
ibo
ISO 639 6
swa
ibo
Glottocode
swah1254
nucl1417
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative