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Swahili

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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Total No. Of Countries

46
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Malayalam

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2118
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Tamil

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

Asante
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

Habari gani?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

Usiku mwema
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

tafadhali
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

pole
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

nakupenda
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

Samahani
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Kongu

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Kongu

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

Kilwa
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1210
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

swahili
tamoul

German Name

Swahili
Tamil

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

6th century
300 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Swahili
Modern Tamil

Language Position

2118
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
tam

ISO 639 2/B

swa
tam

ISO 639 3

swa
tam

ISO 639 6

swa
tam

Glottocode

swah1254
tami1289, oldt1248

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
tami1289

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Swahili and Tamil Alphabets

Swahili and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Tamil. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Swahili and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Tamil 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 Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Tamil Speaking population

Swahili and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. 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 Tamil on Swahili vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Tamil Language Codes

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