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Swahili
Swahili

Quechua
Quechua



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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Total No. Of Countries

46
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
South America

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.
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Aymara and Guarani Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2431
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2126
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Rimaykullayki

Thank You

Asante
Solpayki

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Allillanchu

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Allin tuta

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Wuynas nuchis

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Wuynas tardis

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Wuynus diyas

Please

tafadhali
jamuspa

Sorry

pole
Pampachaykuway

Bye

bye
bye

I Love You

nakupenda
Kuyayki

Excuse Me

Samahani
Pampachaway

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Ancash

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Peru

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Huánuco

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Peru

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00190,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Yaru

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Peru

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1210
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million8.90 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million8.90 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
Qhichwa

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
North La Paz Quechua

French Name

swahili
quechua

German Name

Swahili
Quechua-Sprache

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[ˈketʃwa]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Quechua

History

Origin

6th century
16th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Quechumaran Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Andean Equatorial

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Swahili
Quechua

Language Position

2123
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Signed Quechua

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
qu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
que

ISO 639 2/B

swa
que

ISO 639 3

swa
que

ISO 639 6

swa
que

Glottocode

swah1254
quec1387

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
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Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Swahili and Quechua Alphabets

Swahili and Quechua Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Quechua. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Quechua Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Swahili and Quechua languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Quechua 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 Quechua greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Quechua are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Quechua Speaking population

Swahili and Quechua speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Quechua languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Quechua Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Quechua language is 0.13 %. 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 Quechua on Swahili vs Quechua where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Quechua Language Codes

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