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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    • Shona language is tonal language.
    • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
    1.9 Similar To
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Kalanga and Nambya Language
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    Not Available
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    46
    Rank: 34 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Latin
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Not Available
    Not Available
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Habari
    Mhoro
    3.2 Thank You
    Asante
    Waita zvako
    3.3 How Are You?
    Habari gani?
    Wakadini zvako?
    3.4 Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    Urare zvakanaka
    3.5 Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    Manheru
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    Masikati
    3.7 Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    Mangwanani
    3.8 Please
    tafadhali
    Ndinokumbirawo
    3.9 Sorry
    pole
    Ndineurombo
    3.10 Bye
    bye
    bye
    3.11 I Love You
    nakupenda
    Ndinokuda
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Samahani
    Pamusoro
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Kiunguja
    Hwesa
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Zanzibar island
    Zimbabwe
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Kimrima
    Karanga
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Dar es Salaam
    southern Zimbabwe
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Kimgao
    Zezuru
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Kilwa
    central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    Rank: 4 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    150.00 million
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    25.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    0.13 %
    Rank: 51 (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    8.30 million
    Rank: 51 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    Not Available
    Not Available
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
    5.3.4 French Name
    swahili
    shona
    5.3.5 German Name
    Swahili
    Schona-Sprache
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Swahili people or Waswahili
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    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    6th century
    20th century
    6.2 Language Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Benue-Congo
    Benue-Congo
    6.2.2 Branch
    Bantu
    Bantu
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    Not Available
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Swahili
    Not Available
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
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    6.4 Scope
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    Individual
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    sw
    sn
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    swa
    sna
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    swa
    sna
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    swa
    sna
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    swah1254
    core1255
    7.6 Linguasphere
    99-AUS-m
    99-AUT-a
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    Not Available

    Swahili and Shona Alphabets

    Swahili and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Shona. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Swahili and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Shona 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 Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    Swahili and Shona Speaking population

    Swahili and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona 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 Shona on Swahili vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Swahili and Shona Language Codes

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

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