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
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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Hello
Habari
Henda ho
Thank You
Asante
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Boge Setak’
Please
tafadhali
দয়া করে
Sorry
pole
দুঃখিত
Bye
bye
Hariau
I Love You
nakupenda
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Samahani
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Mahali
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
India
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Not present
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
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How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Not present
Where They Speak
Kilwa
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How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
121
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kiswahili
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
swahili
santal
German Name
Swahili
Santali
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
6th century
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Santali
Language Position
2141
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
sat
ISO 639 2/B
swa
sat
ISO 639 3
swa
sat
ISO 639 6
swa
sat
Glottocode
swah1254
sant1410
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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