Urdu and Swahili
Countries
India, Pakistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Pakistan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Africa
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
Asante
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Habari gani?
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
Habari za asubuhi
Please
براہ مہربانی
tafadhali
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
nakupenda
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
Samahani
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
India
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Kimrima
Where They Speak
India
Dar es Salaam
Where They Speak
South Asia
Kilwa
Native Name
اُردُو
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Bihari
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
ourdou
swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
12th Century CE
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Swahili
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
urdu1245
swah1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Urdu and Swahili Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Swahili Speaking population
Urdu and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Swahili on Urdu vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Swahili Language Codes
Urdu and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.