Countries
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
45
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2427
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
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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Greetings
Hello
Habari
Halo
Thank You
Asante
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Habari gani?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Sugeng énjing
Please
tafadhali
Not Available
Sorry
pole
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
bye
Not Available
I Love You
nakupenda
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Samahani
Nuwun séwu
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Kangean
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
NA110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Bawean
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million15.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NA0.23 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
-9999
Madurese
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
swahili
madourais
German Name
Swahili
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Madurese
History
Origin
6th century
Not Available
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Madurese
Language Position
NA69
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
sw
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
mad
ISO 639 2/B
swa
mad
ISO 639 3
swa
mad
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
madu1247
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available