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African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
4
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    Arabic Language
     
    Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
    24
    5
    21
    Latin
    -
    3
    36 weeks
     
    Habari
    Asante
    Habari gani?
    Usiku mwema
    Habari za jioni
    nzuri Alasiri
    Habari za asubuhi
    tafadhali
    pole
    bye
    nakupenda
    Samahani
     
    Kiunguja
    Zanzibar island
    75,000,000.00
    Kimrima
    Dar es Salaam
    75,000,000.00
    Kimgao
    Kilwa
    75,000,000.00
    12
     
    150.00 million
    0.42 %
    15.00 million
    75.00 million
    Kiswahili
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    swahili
    Swahili
    [swaˈhili]
    Swahili people or Waswahili
     
    6th century
    Niger-Congo Family
    Benue-Congo
    Bantu
    No early forms
    Swahili
    21
    Swahili Sign Language
    Individual, Macrolanguage
     
    sw
    swa
    swa
    swa
    swa
    swah1254
    99-AUS-m
    Living
    -
    -
     
    Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
    3
    Somalia
    Not spoken in any of the countries
    Africa, Middle East
    Yemen
    National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
    • 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.
    Afar and Oromo Language
    Arabic Language
     
    Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
    26
    5
    21
    Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
    Left-To-Right, Horizontal
    5
    52 weeks
     
    Hello
    Waad ku mahadsan tahay
    Sidee tahay ?
    Habeenka Good
    Evening Good
    galab wanaagsan
    Subax wanaagsan
    Fadlan
    sorry
    caraysiiyo
    Waan ku jeclahay
    iga raali ahow
     
    Northern Somali
    Gabon, Standard Somali
    16,000,000.00
    Benaadir
    Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
    16,000,000.00
    Af-Ashraaf
    Standard Somali
    21.00
    3
     
    13.00 million
    0.07 %
    8.00 million
    21.00 million
    af Soomaali
    Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
    somali
    Somali
    [afsoomaali]
    Somalis
     
    19th century
    Afro-Asiatic Family
    Cushitic
    -
    No early forms
    Somali
    83
    Somali Sign Language
    Individual
     
    so
    som
    som
    som
    som
    soma1255
    No data available
    Living
    Subject-Object-Verb
    -

    Swahili and Somali Alphabets

    Swahili and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Somali. In Swahili Alphabets there are letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 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 vs Somali, 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 varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: , . Somali dialects include: , . 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 whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is . 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 vs Somali 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.