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Swahili
Swahili

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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

446
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
French Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2427
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2122
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
hola

Thank You

Asante
Gracias

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Buenos Días

Please

tafadhali
Por Favor

Sorry

pole
triste

Bye

bye
adiós

I Love You

nakupenda
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Samahani
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Mexico

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Cuba

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1221
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
Español

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

swahili
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Swahili
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Spanish people

History

Origin

6th century
210 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Swahili
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

212
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
spa

ISO 639 2/B

swa
spa

ISO 639 3

swa
spa

ISO 639 6

swa
spa

Glottocode

swah1254
stan1288

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Swahili and Spanish Alphabets

Swahili and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Spanish. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Swahili and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Spanish Speaking population

Swahili and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Swahili vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Spanish Language Codes

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