Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2442
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2131
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Asante
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
tafadhali
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
pole
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
nakupenda
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Samahani
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
India
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
India
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Kosli
Where They Speak
Kilwa
India
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
75.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
swahili
oriya
German Name
Swahili
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Odias
Origin
6th century
3 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Odia
Language Position
2132
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sw
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
ori
ISO 639 2/B
swa
ori
ISO 639 3
swa
ori
ISO 639 6
swa
ori
Glottocode
swah1254
macr1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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