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Swahili
Swahili

Sindhi
Sindhi



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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India, Pakistan, Sindh

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)
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Gujarati

Derived From

Arabic Language
Prakrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2464
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2142
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Devanagari

Writing Direction

-
Right-To-Left, 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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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Assalam O Alaikum

Thank You

Asante
Meharbani

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Kehra haal aahin

Good Night

Usiku mwema
tava kia aayo

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Sham Jo Salam

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Assalam o Alaikum

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Subho Bakhair

Please

tafadhali
Mehrbani

Sorry

pole
Moon khe afsos aahe

Bye

bye
Allah Wahi

I Love You

nakupenda
Man tokhe prem karyan ti

Excuse Me

Samahani
Maaf Kajo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Siraiki

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Upper Sindh

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Vicholi

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Central Sindh

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0025,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Lari

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Lower Sindh

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0025.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

126
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million29.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.39 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million25.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
سنڌي

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Sindhi

French Name

swahili
sindhi

German Name

Swahili
Sindhi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[sɪndi]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Sindhi people

History

Origin

6th century
711 A.D

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Bantu
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi

Standard Forms

Swahili
Sindhi

Language Position

2150
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Signed Sindhi

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
sd

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
snd

ISO 639 2/B

swa
snd

ISO 639 3

swa
snd

ISO 639 6

swa
snd

Glottocode

swah1254
sind1272

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Swahili and Sindhi Alphabets

Swahili and Sindhi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Sindhi. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Sindhi Alphabets there are 64 letters. To learn Swahili and Sindhi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Sindhi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Sindhi Speaking population

Swahili and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Swahili vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Sindhi Language Codes

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