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- Niger–Congo
- Sabaki
- Kiswahili
ISO 639-3 · swhswh
Niger–Congo family
Kiswahili
kiswahili
Kiswahili is a language of the Sabaki branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique and Somalia and 2 more countries. Wikidata counts 16 m first-language speakers (2010) and 82.3 m who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “language with code "swh", official variety of swahili”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
swh- Glottocode
swah1253- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
16 mfirst-language speakers
82.3 msecond-language speakers
6countries
1scripts
11levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kiswahili · kiswahili |
|---|---|
| L1 speakers | 16,010,110 (2010) |
| L2 speakers | 82,300,000 (2010) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Kiswahili
The branches above Kiswahili, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken