Countries
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2448
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2139
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3NA
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeksNA
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Habari
dobry dzień
Thank You
Asante
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Dabranač
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Dobraj ranicy
Please
tafadhali
Kali laska
Sorry
pole
Vybačajcie
Bye
bye
da pabačennia
I Love You
nakupenda
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Samahani
Vybačajcie
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million9.63 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NA0.11 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million7.60 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
-9999
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
swahili
biélorusse
German Name
Swahili
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Belarusians
History
Origin
6th century
18th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Swahili
Belarusian
Language Position
NA79
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
sw
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
bel
ISO 639 2/B
swa
bel
ISO 639 3
swa
bel
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
bela1254
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available