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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Indonesia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Indonesia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
    • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
    1.9 Similar To
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Malay language
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    Malay and Dutch Languages
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    26
    Rank: 8 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    6
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    19
    Rank: 9 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Latin
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Not Available
    Not Available
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    7
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Habari
    Halo
    3.2 Thank You
    Asante
    Terima kasih
    3.3 How Are You?
    Habari gani?
    Apa kabar?
    3.4 Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    Selamat Malam
    3.5 Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    Malam yang baik
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    Selamat Sore
    3.7 Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    Selamat Pagi
    3.8 Please
    tafadhali
    mohon Untuk
    3.9 Sorry
    pole
    maaf
    3.10 Bye
    bye
    Selamat tinggal
    3.11 I Love You
    nakupenda
    Aku cinta kamu
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Samahani
    Permisi
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Kiunguja
    Sundanese
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Zanzibar island
    Indonesia
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    38,000,000.00
    Rank: 8 (Overall)
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Kimrima
    Balinese
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Dar es Salaam
    Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    3,300,000.00
    Rank: 17 (Overall)
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Kimgao
    Minangkabau
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Kilwa
    Indonesia, Malaysia
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    6,000,000.00
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    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
    46
    Rank: 30 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
    163.00 million
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    1.16 %
    Rank: 14 (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    23.00 million
    Rank: 34 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    140.00 million
    Rank: 4 (Overall)
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    Not Available
    Bahasa Melayu
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    Bahasa Indonesia
    5.3.4 French Name
    swahili
    indonésien
    5.3.5 German Name
    Swahili
    Bahasa Indonesia
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    Indonesians
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    6th century
    7th Century
    6.2 Language Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    Austronesian Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Benue-Congo
    Indonesian
    6.2.2 Branch
    Bantu
    Not Available
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    Old Malay
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Swahili
    Indonesian
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    56
    Rank: 41 (Overall)
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
    Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
    6.4 Scope
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    Individual
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    sw
    id
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    swa
    ind
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    swa
    ind
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    swa
    ind
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    swah1254
    indo1316
    7.6 Linguasphere
    99-AUS-m
    No data available
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Not Available
    Subject-Verb-Object
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    Agglutinative

    Swahili and Indonesian Alphabets

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

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

    Swahili and Indonesian Speaking population

    Swahili and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Swahili vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Swahili and Indonesian Language Codes

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