Countries
Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2924
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2421
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Salom
Habari
Thank You
Rakhmat
Asante
How Are You?
Qalay siz?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Hayirli tun
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Hayirli kech
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Hayirli tong
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Iltimos
tafadhali
Sorry
Kechiring!
pole
Bye
Xayr
bye
I Love You
Sizni sevaman
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang
Samahani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Tashkent
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Not Available
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Afghan
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Not Available
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ferghana
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
612
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.39 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
26.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
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Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
ouszbek
swahili
German Name
Usbekisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Uzbek
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
9th–12th centuries AD
6th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Chagatay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uzbek
Swahili
Language Position
53NA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
uz
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uzb
swa
ISO 639 2/B
uzb
swa
ISO 639 3
uzb
swa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
uzbe1247
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available