Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
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 in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
nakupenda
Ti amo
Excuse Me
Samahani
Scusami
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Lazio
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
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
Origin
6th century
960 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Italian
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
ital1282
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
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.