Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
40
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2443
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2134
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Asante
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
tafadhali
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
pole
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
nakupenda
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Samahani
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Kilwa
India
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1213
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million40.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
75.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
swahili
bhojpuri
German Name
Swahili
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
6th century
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Bhojpuri
Language Position
2137
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
bho
ISO 639 2/B
swa
bho
ISO 639 3
swa
bho
ISO 639 6
swa
bho
Glottocode
swah1254
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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