Swahili bhasa

Swahili Language
Swahili Language
Kiswahili
Spoken in	Burundi; DR Congo; Comoros (as Comorian); Kenya; Mozambique; Oman; Seychelles (as Shimaore); Mauritius; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda; Malawi
Native speakers	First language: 5–10 million, July 2010; First and second language: 50+ million (date missing)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Swahili Language; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin, Arabic
Official status
Official language in	Template:Noflag; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
Regulated by	Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa (Tanzania)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	sw
ISO 639-2	swa
ISO 639-3	swa – Macrolanguage; individual codes:; swc – Congo Swahili; swh – Coastal Swahili
Linguasphere	99-AUS-m
	[[File: Coastal areas where Swahili or Comorian is the indigenous language, official or national language, and trade language. As a trade language, Swahili extends some distance further to the northwest.\|300px]]

Swahili bhasa ek Niger-Congo bhasa hae jiske East Africa bhar me log samjge hae. Swahili bhasa me iske naam Kiswahili hae. Ii ek Bantu bhasa hae.

Swahili bhasa ke ek barraa jagha, southern Somalia se lae ke northern Mozambique aur Kenya bhar me baat karaa jaawe hae. Jab ki khaali paanch million log ke ii pahila bhasa hae, fifty million log ke ii duusra bhasa hae. Swahili East Africa ke lingua franca hoe gais hae. Ii African Union ke ek official bhasa bhi hae.

Swahili bhasa me baat kare ke suruu Africa ke East Coast aur bagal ke island me bhais rahaa. Abhi Swahili Tanzania aur Kenya ke official bhasa. Ii bhasa pe Arbii bhasa ke jaada asar hae.

Vocabulary

Niche Swahili bhasa ke kuchh sabd hae.

haan - ndiyo
nai - hapana
achchha - sawa

ek - moja [mow'-jah]
dui - mbili [uhm'-bee'-lee]
tiin - tatu [tah'-too]
chaar - nne [uhn'-nay]
paanch - tano [tah'-no]
chhe - sita [see'-tah]
saat - saba [sah'-buh]
aath - nane [nah'-nay]
nau - tisa [tee'-suh]
das - kumi [koo'-mee]

Hafta ke din

Fiji Hindi	Swahili
Sombaar	Jumatatu
Mangar	Jumanne
Budh	Jumatano
Bif	Alhamis
Suk	Ijumaa
Sanichar	Jumamosi
Etwaar	Jumapili

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Duusra websites

Kamusi Project Archived 2007-11-15 at the Wayback Machine Internet Living Swahili Dictionary

References

↑ Ethnologue list of countries where Swahili is spoken
Thomas J. Hinnebusch, 1992, "Swahili", International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, Oxford, pp. 99–106
David Dalby, 1999/2000, The Linguasphere Register of the World's Languages and Speech Communities, Linguasphere Press, Volume Two, pg. 733–735
Benji Wald, 1994, "Sub-Saharan Africa", Atlas of the World's Languages, Routledge, pp. 289–346, maps 80, 81, 85
↑ Lutz Marten, "Swahili", Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd ed., 2006, Elsevier
↑ Days of the week in Swahili

[1] Ethnologue list of countries where Swahili is spoken
Thomas J. Hinnebusch, 1992, "Swahili", International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, Oxford, pp. 99–106
David Dalby, 1999/2000, The Linguasphere Register of the World's Languages and Speech Communities, Linguasphere Press, Volume Two, pg. 733–735
Benji Wald, 1994, "Sub-Saharan Africa", Atlas of the World's Languages, Routledge, pp. 289–346, maps 80, 81, 85

[marten-2] Lutz Marten, "Swahili", Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd ed., 2006, Elsevier

[3] Days of the week in Swahili

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Swahili Language
Kiswahili
Spoken in	Burundi DR Congo Comoros (as Comorian) Kenya Mozambique Oman Seychelles (as Shimaore) Mauritius Rwanda Tanzania Uganda Malawi^[1]
Native speakers	First language: 5–10 million, July 2010 First and second language: 50+ million^[2] (date missing)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Swahili Language
Writing system	Latin, Arabic
Official status
Official language in	Template:Noflag Kenya Tanzania Uganda
Regulated by	Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa (Tanzania)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`sw`
ISO 639-2	`swa`
ISO 639-3	`swa` – Macrolanguage individual codes: `swc` – Congo Swahili `swh` – Coastal Swahili
Linguasphere	`99-AUS-m`
[[File: Coastal areas where Swahili or Comorian is the indigenous language, official or national language, and trade language. As a trade language, Swahili extends some distance further to the northwest. \|300px]]