Swahili and Urdu
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Pakistan
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
Habari gani?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
Usiku mwema
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
گڈ مارننگ
Please
tafadhali
براہ مہربانی
I Love You
nakupenda
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
Samahani
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
India
Where They Speak
Kilwa
South Asia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bihari
French Name
swahili
ourdou
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
Origin
6th century
12th Century CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
urdu1245
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Swahili and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Urdu Speaking population
Swahili and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Swahili vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Urdu Language Codes
Swahili and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.