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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    1.9 Similar To
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    1.10 Derived From
    Arabic Language
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
    Tamil
    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    Irish
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
    Thai
    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    Hebrew
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
    Hmong
    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    German
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    2.4 Scripts
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Not Available
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
    Armenian
    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    Bengali
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
    Chinese
    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
    Cebuano
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Habari
    3.2 Thank You
    Asante
    3.3 How Are You?
    Habari gani?
    3.4 Good Night
    Usiku mwema
    3.5 Good Evening
    Habari za jioni
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    nzuri Alasiri
    3.7 Good Morning
    Habari za asubuhi
    3.8 Please
    tafadhali
    3.9 Sorry
    pole
    3.10 Bye
    bye
    3.11 I Love You
    nakupenda
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Samahani
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Kiunguja
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Zanzibar island
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
    Chinese
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    Macedonian
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Kimrima
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Dar es Salaam
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
    Chinese
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    Dzongkha
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Kimgao
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Kilwa
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
    Swedish
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    Romanian
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
    English
    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
    Sanskrit
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
    English
    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
    Abkhaz
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    5.2 Speaking Population
    Croatian
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    Xhosa
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    5.3 Native Speakers
    Chinese
    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    Abkhaz
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
    English
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    Finnish
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    Not Available
    5.3.3 Alternative Names
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    5.3.4 French Name
    swahili
    5.3.5 German Name
    Swahili
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    6th century
    6.2 Language Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Benue-Congo
    6.2.2 Branch
    Bantu
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Swahili
    6.3.3 Language Position
    Georgian
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    Chinese
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
    6.4 Scope
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    sw
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    swa
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    swa
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    swa
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    swah1254
    7.6 Linguasphere
    99-AUS-m
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Not Available
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available

    Origin of Swahili language

    In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Swahili language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Swahili language states that it was put to use in 6th century. The history of Swahili language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Swahili Language History. Swahili has no early forms. Swahili is the standard form of Swahili language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Swahili Language.

    Swahili population

    Swahili population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Swahili language. Swahili language is spoken by 150.00 million people in the world. Most of the Swahili population lies in the Swahili Speaking Countries. Swahili language is spoken as first language by 15.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Swahili as second language. Get to know Swahili speaking population in detail.

    Swahili writing system

    There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Swahili writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Swahili language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Swahili language. Learn more about . 

    Information about Swahili language

    Check out all the information about Swahili language here. You may find it interesting to learn Swahili Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Swahili Speaking Countries, Swahili speaking continents and Swahili Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Swahili countries knowing common Swahili Greetings will help you in communicating with Swahili people.