Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Asante
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
tafadhali
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
pole
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
I Love You
nakupenda
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Samahani
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Kazakhstan
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Kazakhstan
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Kazakhstan
Native Name
Kiswahili
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
swahili
kazakh
German Name
Swahili
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Kazahks
Origin
6th century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Bantu
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
kaza1248
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Swahili and Kazakh 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 Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Kazakh Speaking population
Swahili and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Kazakh on Swahili vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Kazakh Language Codes
Swahili and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.