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Swahili and Marwari


Marwari and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Rajastan, India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Rajastan, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal, Pakistan  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Gujarati Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
khammaghani  

Thank You
Asante  
dhanyavaad  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Kikan ho sa?  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
shubh raatri  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Shubh Honjh  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
Shubh Befar  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Shubh Havar  

Please
tafadhali  
kirpa  

Sorry
pole  
Maaf Karo  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
nakupenda  
main tanne pyaar karoon  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
maaf karo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Jogi  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
India  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
12
14,000,000.00  
33

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Bagri  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
India  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
10
14,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Dhundhari  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
India  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
9
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
22.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
14.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
75.00 million  
14
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Kiswahili  
Marwari  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  

French Name
swahili  
marvari  

German Name
Swahili  
Marwari  

Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]  
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Marwari or Marwadi  

History

Origin
6th century  
16  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Marwari  

Language Position
21  
19
72  
99+

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
mwr  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
mwr  

ISO 639 3
swa  
mwr  

ISO 639 6
swa  
mwr  

Glottocode
swah1254  
raja1256  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Swahili and Marwari Speaking population

Swahili and Marwari speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Marwari languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Marwari Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 %. 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 Marwari on Swahili vs Marwari where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Marwari Language Codes

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

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