Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
517
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2127
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Asante
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Hach ch'i
Please
tafadhali
مهربانی کر
Sorry
pole
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
bye
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
nakupenda
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Samahani
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Poguli
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Rambani
Where They Speak
Kilwa
India
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
124
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
swahili
kashmiri
German Name
Swahili
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
6th century
12th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Kashmiri
Language Position
2123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
kas
ISO 639 2/B
swa
kas
ISO 639 3
swa
kas
ISO 639 6
swa
kas
Glottocode
swah1254
kash1277
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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