Swahili and Sindhi
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Pakistan
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 in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
nakupenda
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
Samahani
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Upper Sindh
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Vicholi
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Central Sindh
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Lower Sindh
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
Origin
6th century
711 A.D
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Swahili
Sindhi
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Signed Sindhi
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
sind1272
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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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.