Swahili (Kiswahili)

Swahili is written in the Latin script, spoken by about 171.6M people across 9 regions.

Script

Language tag

sw-Latn

Speakers

171.6M

Status

Living

Also known as

Swahili

Sample text

Watu

Kwa kuwa kukiri heshima ya asili na haki

Kwa kuwa kutojali na kudharau haki za binadamu kumeletea vitendo

Alphabet (48)

Auxiliary characters (6)

cU+0063 CU+0043 qU+0071 QU+0051 xU+0078 XU+0058

Numbers (15)

-U+002D ,U+002C .U+002E %U+0025 +U+002B 0U+0030 1U+0031 2U+0032 3U+0033 4U+0034 5U+0035 6U+0036 7U+0037 8U+0038 9U+0039

Punctuation (15)

-U+002D ,U+002C ;U+003B :U+003A !U+0021 ?U+003F .U+002E 'U+0027 "U+0022 (U+0028 )U+0029 [U+005B ]U+005D {U+007B }U+007D

Unicode blocks used

C0 Controls and Basic Latin (Basic Latin)

Where it's spoken

Burundi, Congo - Kinshasa, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mayotte, South Africa

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