Swahili language

E2738
Bantu language lingua franca natural language

Swahili is a major Bantu language widely spoken in East and Central Africa, serving as a regional lingua franca and an official language in several countries including Tanzania and Kenya.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Swahili 296
Swahili language canonical 22
Kiswahili 13

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
developedAs trade language ⓘ
dominantWordOrder subject-verb-object ⓘ
family Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo languages
glottologCode swah1253 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Kiswahili
hasEstimatedSpeakers over 15 million native speakers ⓘ
over 80 million total speakers ⓘ
hasMajorDialect Kiunguja ⓘ
surface form: Kiamu

Kimvita ⓘ
Kiunguja ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem true ⓘ
historicallyWrittenIn Arabic script ⓘ
iso639-1Code sw ⓘ
iso639-2Code swa ⓘ
iso639-3Code swh ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language

English language ⓘ
German ⓘ
surface form: German language

Portuguese language ⓘ
macrolanguage Swahili language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Swahili macrolanguage
nativeName Swahili language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kiswahili
officialLanguageOf African Union ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
East African Community ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
originRegion East Africa ⓘ
surface form: East African coast
primaryRegion Central Africa ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Burundi ⓘ
Comoros ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
standardBasedOn Swahili language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zanzibar dialect (Kiunguja)
subfamily Bantu languages ⓘ
usedAsMediumOfInstructionIn Tanzania (primary education) ⓘ
usedIn broadcast media in East Africa ⓘ
popular music in East Africa ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (345)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin alphabet → writingSystemFor → Swahili language ⓘ
Arabic → influencedLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Swahili language → hasAlternativeName → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiswahili
Swahili language → nativeName → Swahili language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiswahili
Swahili language → macrolanguage → Swahili language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili macrolanguage
Swahili language → standardBasedOn → Swahili language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zanzibar dialect (Kiunguja)
African Union → hasOfficialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Kigoma Region → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Nairobi → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
EAC → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
subject surface form: East African Community
this entity surface form: Swahili
Southern African Development Community → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Democratic Republic of the Congo → recognizedNationalLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Uganda → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Uganda → nationalLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Friends World Committee for Consultation → hasOfficialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Islamic world → hasLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Kenya → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Kenya → nationalLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue → hasOfficialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Samuel → hasLanguageForm → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
East African Community → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Tanzania → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Tanzania → nationalLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
UNECA → language → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Voice of America → languageOfWorkOrName → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Whisper → supportsLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
East Africa → widelySpokenLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Kiunguja → partOf → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili language continuum
Kiunguja → basisFor → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Swahili
Kiunguja → alternativeName → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zanzibar Swahili
Kiunguja → ancestorOf → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tanzanian Standard Swahili
Kimvita → subdivisionOf → Swahili language ⓘ
Kimvita → hasAlternativeName → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mombasa Swahili
Kimvita → mutuallyIntelligibleWith → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Swahili
Kimvita → influencedStandardVariety → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenyan Standard Swahili
Rwanda → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiswahili
Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Swahili language ⓘ
Islamic music → usesLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Western Zone of Tanzania → languageUsed → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Western Zone of Tanzania → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
African Union Commission → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Tabora Region → languageUsed → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Executive Council of the African Union → hasOfficialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiswahili
Kigoma → languageUsed → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Katavi Region → officialLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili
Kasulu → hasLanguage → Swahili language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili