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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 11 (Overall)
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Rank: 12 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
    • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
    • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
    1.9 Similar To
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Afar and Oromo Language
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    Arabic Language
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    26
    Rank: 8 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Latin
    Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Not Available
    Left-To-Right, Horizontal
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    5
    Rank: 4 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
    52 weeks
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Habari
    Hello
    3.2 Thank You
    Asante
    Waad ku mahadsan tahay
    3.3 How Are You?
    Habari gani?
    Sidee tahay ?
    3.4 Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    Habeenka Good
    3.5 Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    Evening Good
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    galab wanaagsan
    3.7 Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    Subax wanaagsan
    3.8 Please
    tafadhali
    Fadlan
    3.9 Sorry
    pole
    sorry
    3.10 Bye
    bye
    caraysiiyo
    3.11 I Love You
    nakupenda
    Waan ku jeclahay
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Samahani
    iga raali ahow
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Kiunguja
    Northern Somali
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Zanzibar island
    Gabon, Standard Somali
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Kimrima
    Benaadir
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Dar es Salaam
    Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Kimgao
    Af-Ashraaf
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Kilwa
    Standard Somali
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
    3
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
    13.00 million
    Rank: 49 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    8.00 million
    Rank: 53 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    Not Available
    af Soomaali
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
    5.3.4 French Name
    swahili
    somali
    5.3.5 German Name
    Swahili
    Somali
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    Somalis
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    6th century
    19th century
    6.2 Language Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    Afro-Asiatic Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Benue-Congo
    Cushitic
    6.2.2 Branch
    Bantu
    Not Available
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Swahili
    Somali
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    83
    Rank: 55 (Overall)
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
    Somali Sign Language
    6.4 Scope
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    Individual
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    sw
    so
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    swa
    som
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    swa
    som
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    swa
    som
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    swah1254
    soma1255
    7.6 Linguasphere
    99-AUS-m
    No data available
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Not Available
    Subject-Object-Verb
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    Not Available

    Swahili and Somali Alphabets

    Swahili and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Somali. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Swahili and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Somali 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 Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    Swahili and Somali Speaking population

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

    Swahili and Somali Language Codes

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

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