Swahili

Swahili

Kiswahili
15M speakers · Niger-Congo Bantu · Latin
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TanzaniaKenyaUgandaRwandaMozambiqueMadagascarMalawiZambiaSomaliaDemocratic Republic of the Congo

Written in the latin script. Uses SVO word order with agglutinative morphology. Notable features include pronoun dropping.

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Official in 5 countries

TanzaniaKenyaUgandaRwandaDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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Typology

Word order SVO
Adjective after noun
Numeral after noun
Adposition preposition
Def. article yes
Indef. article no
Pro-drop yes
Tonal no
Gender yes
Noun cases no

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