Details


  • Native to : Tanzania , Kenya , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Mozambique , Burundi , Zambia , Uganda , Rwanda , Malawi , Madagascar
  • Language Family : Niger–Congo
  • Writing System : Latin script (Roman Swahili alphabet), Arabic script (Arabic Swahili alphabet), Swahili Braille
  • Regulated by : Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa (Tanzania), Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  • Language codes


  • ISO 639-1 : sw
  • ISO 639-2 : swa
  • ISO 639-3 : swa
  • Linguasphere : 99-AUS-m