Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Telugu
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2449
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2135
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Asante
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
tafadhali
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
pole
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
nakupenda
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Samahani
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Badaga
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Urali
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
kerala
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1220
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
swahili
kannada
German Name
Swahili
Kannada
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Kannadiga
Origin
6th century
c. 450
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2131
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
kan
ISO 639 2/B
swa
kan
ISO 639 3
swa
kan
ISO 639 6
swa
kan
Glottocode
swah1254
nucl1305
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-