Countries
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Somali Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2434
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2124
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeksNA
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Habari
akkam
Thank You
Asante
Galatoomi
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
tafadhali
Maaloo
Sorry
pole
naa dhiisi
Bye
bye
Nagayattii!
I Love You
nakupenda
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Samahani
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Borana
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
NA4,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Orma
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Kenya
How Many People Speak
NA66,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Wata
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Kenya
How Many People Speak
NA13,000.00
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1217
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NA0.36 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million24.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
-9999
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
swahili
galla
German Name
Swahili
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Oromos
History
Origin
6th century
16
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Cushitic
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
NA91
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
sw
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
orm
ISO 639 2/B
swa
orm
ISO 639 3
swa
orm
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
nucl1736
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