Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2418
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2113
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Habari
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Asante
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
tafadhali
le do thoil
Sorry
pole
Tá brón orm
Bye
bye
Slán
I Love You
nakupenda
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Samahani
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Connacht
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Munster
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Ulster
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
124
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kiswahili
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
swahili
irlandais moyen
German Name
Swahili
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Irish people
Origin
6th century
c. 750
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Celtic
Branch
Bantu
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Swahili
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
2125
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
gle
ISO 639 2/B
swa
gle
ISO 639 3
swa
gle
ISO 639 6
swa
gle
Glottocode
swah1254
iris1253
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional