Countries
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2116
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Habari
Kia ora
Thank You
Asante
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Kia ora
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Ne y yibeogo
Please
tafadhali
gafare
Sorry
pole
gafare
Bye
bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
nakupenda
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Samahani
Y gafare
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Saremde
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Taolende
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NA0.11 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million7.60 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
-9999
Mosse
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
French Name
swahili
moré
German Name
Swahili
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Mossi
History
Origin
6th century
Not available
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Western Sudanic
Branch
Bantu
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Mossi
Language Position
NANA
1
120
👆🏻
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
mos
ISO 639 2/B
swa
mos
ISO 639 3
swa
mos
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
moss1236
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