Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2437
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
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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Hello
Habari
Xin chào
Thank You
Asante
Cam on
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Chào buổi sáng
Please
tafadhali
xin vui lòng
Sorry
pole
Xin lỗi
Bye
bye
Tạm biệt
I Love You
nakupenda
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
Samahani
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kimrima
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
125
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
swahili
vietnamien
German Name
Swahili
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
6th century
c. 1440
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
2114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
vie
ISO 639 2/B
swa
vie
ISO 639 3
swa
vie
ISO 639 6
swa
vie
Glottocode
swah1254
viet1252
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating