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Sanskrit and Swahili


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Asante  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
tafadhali  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
pole  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
bye  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
-  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
12
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
-  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
10
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
-  

How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00  
9
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
75.00 million  
14
-  

Native Name
Kiswahili  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
swahili  
sanskrit  

German Name
Swahili  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
6th century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
21  
19
23  
21

Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
san  

ISO 639 3
swa  
san  

ISO 639 6
swa  
san  

Glottocode
swah1254  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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