Swahili
sw · Kiswahili
Swahili (sw) is written in the Latin script and has an estimated 194.1M speakers. It is an official language in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. CLDR has 5 locales for it.
Native nameKiswahili
ScriptLatinLatn
Speakers194.1Mestimated
Countries9
Locales5
Plural forms2one, other
Overview
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇹🇿 Tanzania | Official | 90% |
| 🇺🇬 Uganda | Official | 75% |
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | Official | 66% |
| 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | Official (regional) | 50% |
| 🇸🇴 Somalia | 2% | |
| 🇾🇹 Mayotte | 1.4% | |
| 🇧🇮 Burundi | 0.047% | |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 0.028% | |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 0.0017% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 1 |
| other | 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, … |