Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
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.
- 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 in
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Not present
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Not present
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Not present
Second Language Speakers
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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
Origin
6th century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Swahili
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
sans1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
Swahili and Sanskrit Speaking population
Swahili and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Swahili vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Sanskrit Language Codes
Swahili and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.