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Swahili
Swahili

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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

Total No. Of Countries

47
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
French and Portuguese Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2421
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2116
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
ciao

Thank You

Asante
grazie

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Come stai?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
buonanotte

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
buonasera

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
buon pomeriggio

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
buongiorno

Please

tafadhali
Per Favore

Sorry

pole
scusate

Bye

bye
arrivederci

I Love You

nakupenda
Ti amo

Excuse Me

Samahani
Scusami

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Romanesco

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Lazio

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Central Italian

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Tuscan

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1215
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million64.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
Italiano

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Italiano

French Name

swahili
italien

German Name

Swahili
Italienisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[itaˈljaːno]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Italians

History

Origin

6th century
960 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Swahili
Italian

Language Position

2127
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
it

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
ita

ISO 639 2/B

swa
ita

ISO 639 3

swa
ita

ISO 639 6

swa
itas

Glottocode

swah1254
ital1282

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
51-AAA-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Swahili and Italian Alphabets

Swahili and Italian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Italian. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Swahili and Italian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Italian 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 Italian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Italian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Italian Speaking population

Swahili and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Swahili vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Italian Language Codes

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