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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Madagascar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 11 (Overall)
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
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.
    • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
    • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
    1.9 Similar To
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Not Available
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    Not Available
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    21
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    20
    Rank: 10 (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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    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Habari
    Salama!
    3.2 Thank You
    Asante
    Misaotra
    3.3 How Are You?
    Habari gani?
    Manao ahoana!
    3.4 Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    Alina tsara
    3.5 Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    Manao ahoana e
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    Manao ahoana e
    3.7 Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    Maraina tsara
    3.8 Please
    tafadhali
    azafady
    3.9 Sorry
    pole
    Miala tsiny
    3.10 Bye
    bye
    Veloma!
    3.11 I Love You
    nakupenda
    Tiako ianao.
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Samahani
    Azafady
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Kiunguja
    Eastern Malagasy
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Zanzibar island
    Merina
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    5,000,000.00
    Rank: 17 (Overall)
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Kimrima
    Western Malagasy
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Dar es Salaam
    Sakalava
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    1,200,000.00
    Rank: 24 (Overall)
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Kimgao
    Not Available
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Kilwa
    Not Available
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
    2
    Rank: 2 (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)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    0.28 %
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    18.00 million
    Rank: 38 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    5.3.2 Native Name
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    Fiteny Malagasy
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    Malagasy Sign Language
    5.3.4 French Name
    swahili
    malgache
    5.3.5 German Name
    Swahili
    Malagassi-Sprache
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    Malagasy people
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    6th century
    1000 AD
    6.2 Language Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    Austronesian Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Benue-Congo
    Austronesian
    6.2.2 Branch
    Bantu
    Indonesian
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Swahili
    standard Malagasy
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    84
    Rank: 56 (Overall)
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
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    6.4 Scope
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    Macrolanguage
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    sw
    mg
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    swa
    mlg
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    swa
    mlg
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    swa
    mlg
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    swah1254
    mala1537
    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
    Verb-Object-Subject
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    Not Available

    Swahili and Malagasy Alphabets

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

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

    Swahili and Malagasy Speaking population

    Swahili and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Swahili vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Swahili and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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