Kiswahili

Summary

Kiswahili is a dialect^[1]. Kiswahili draws 35 Wikipedia views per month (dialect category, ranking #182 of 862).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kiswahili is in the country of Burundi^[3].
• Kiswahili is in the country of Kenya^[4].
• Kiswahili is in the country of Mozambique^[5].
• Kiswahili is in the country of Somalia^[6].
• Kiswahili is in the country of Tanzania^[7].
• Kiswahili is in the country of Uganda^[8].
• Kiswahili's image is recorded as Utenzi wa Hirqal (MS 45022a).png^[9].
• Kiswahili's instance of is recorded as dialect^[10].
• Kiswahili's instance of is recorded as language^[11].
• Kiswahili's instance of is recorded as modern language^[12].
• Kiswahili's instance of is recorded as standard language^[13].
• Kiswahili's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as swh^[14].
• Kiswahili's subclass of is recorded as Swahili^[15].
• Kiswahili's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[16].
• Kiswahili's IETF language tag is recorded as swh^[17].
• Kiswahili's part of is recorded as dialects of Swahili^[18].
• Kiswahili's part of is recorded as Swahili^[19].
• Kiswahili's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/071fb^[20].
• Kiswahili's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+82300000'}^[21].
• Kiswahili's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+16010110'}^[22].
• Kiswahili's Glottolog code is recorded as swah1253^[23].
• Kiswahili's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as swh^[24].
• Kiswahili's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sw', 'text': 'kiswahili'}^[25].
• Kiswahili's indigenous to is recorded as Garissa County^[26].
• Kiswahili's indigenous to is recorded as Lamu County^[27].

Why It Matters

Kiswahili draws 35 Wikipedia views per month (dialect category, ranking #182 of 862).^[2] Kiswahili has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Kiswahili is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]