Swahili
type: Item
language regulatory body: Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa
Dewey Decimal Classification: 496.392
Commons category: Swahili language
ISO 639-1 code: sw
ISO 639-2 code: swa
ISO 639-3 code: swa
BNCF Thesaurus ID: 90
writing system: Latin script
writing system: Swahili Ajami
instance of: macrolanguage
instance of: natural language
instance of: modern language
instance of: human language
instance of: literary language
topic's main category: Category:Swahili language
NDL Authority ID: 00571784
Freebase ID: /m/071fb
Wikimedia language code: sw
IETF language tag: sw
subclass of: Sabaki
subclass of: Bantu
Ethnologue.com language code: swa
native label: Kiswahili @sw
native label: كِسْوَحِيلِ @sw
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 15437390
IdRef ID: 027249700
Glottolog code: swah1254
Linguasphere code: 99-AUS-m
Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh85130962
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 119333361
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX4576510
GOST 7.75–97 code: суа 631
UNESCO Thesaurus ID: concept3580
linguistic typology: subject–verb–object
linguistic typology: agglutinative language
GND ID: 4078094-6
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Swahili-language
used by: Swahili people
ISOCAT ID: 936
WALS lect code: swa
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: swahili
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
IAB code: 1185
ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID: 294939709
influenced by: Arabic
indigenous to: Swahili people
country: Tanzania
country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
country: Kenya
country: Rwanda
country: Uganda
country: Burundi
country: Somalia
country: South Sudan
country: Malawi
country: Mozambique
country: Comoros
country: France
country: Madagascar
LC and MARC vocabularies ID: languages/swa
LC and MARC vocabularies ID: iso639-2/swa
LC and MARC vocabularies ID: iso639-1/sw
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4170555
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300388607
ABS ASCL 2011 code: 9211
Zhihu topic ID: 20011167

Swahili (Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID)
rank: DeprecatedRank
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300389334
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300389334
reason for deprecated rank: withdrawn identifier value

Swahili (OmegaWiki Defined Meaning)
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning: 6301

Swahili (Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID)
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: suaheli

Swahili (exact match)
exact match: SWA

Swahili (related category)
related category: Category:Swahili pronunciation
category contains: pronunciation

Swahili (Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued))
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2779913364
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): https://makg.org/entity/2779913364

Swahili (Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued))
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2909801848
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): https://makg.org/entity/2909801848

Swahili (YSO ID)
YSO ID: 17533
YSO ID: p17533
subject named as (monolingual text): swahiligiella @se
subject named as (monolingual text): Swahili language
subject named as (monolingual text): swahilin kieli @fi
subject named as (monolingual text): swahili @sv
alternative name (monolingual text): suahilin kieli @fi

Swahili (KBpedia ID)
KBpedia ID: SwahiliLanguage

Swahili (UN Thesaurus ID)
UN Thesaurus ID: 1006323
UN Thesaurus ID: http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1006323

Swahili (category for films in this language)
category for films in this language: Category:Swahili-language films

Swahili (GitHub topic)
GitHub topic: swahili

Swahili (YSA ID)
YSA ID: Y108426

Swahili (Yle topic ID)
Yle topic ID: 18-210926

Swahili (Namuwiki ID)
Namuwiki ID: 스와힐리어

Swahili (different from)
different from: Swahili people

Swahili (POSIX locale identifier)
POSIX locale identifier: sw

Swahili (J9U entity ID)
J9U entity ID: 987007551014905171
subject named as (monolingual text): Swahili language
subject named as (monolingual text): שפה סואהילית @he
subject named as (monolingual text): اللغة السواحلية @ar

Swahili (OpenAlex ID)
OpenAlex ID: C2779913364

Swahili (Krugosvet article (archived))
Krugosvet article (archived): gumanitarnye_nauki/lingvistika/SUAHILI.html

Swahili (Lingua Libre ID)
Lingua Libre ID: Q36

Swahili (Lex ID)
Lex ID: swahili

Swahili (Curlie ID)
Curlie ID: Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Niger-Kordofanian/Swahili

Swahili (Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021))
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021): 27948
subject named as: 斯瓦希里语

Swahili (Online PWN Encyclopedia ID)
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3980920

Swahili (UK Archival Thesaurus ID)
UK Archival Thesaurus ID: f3/mt335/331/483/4676
subject named as: Swahili

Swahili (EU Knowledge Graph item ID)
EU Knowledge Graph item ID: Q2472702

Swahili (Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID)
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: swahili_-_språk

Swahili (uses capitalization for)
uses capitalization for: proper name

Swahili (ScienceDirect topic ID)
ScienceDirect topic ID: biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/swahili-language

Swahili (ScienceDirect topic ID)
ScienceDirect topic ID: medicine-and-dentistry/swahili-language

Swahili (NicoNicoPedia ID)
NicoNicoPedia ID: スワヒリ語

Swahili (described by source)
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/Swahili

Swahili (described by source)
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
statement is subject of: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Swahili

Swahili (has paradigm class)
has paradigm class: ji-/ma- class

Swahili (has paradigm class)
has paradigm class: ki-/vi- class

Swahili (has paradigm class)
has paradigm class: m-/mi- class

Swahili (has paradigm class)
has paradigm class: m-/wa- class

Swahili (has paradigm class)
has paradigm class: n- class

Swahili (has paradigm class)
has paradigm class: u- class

Swahili (Vikidia article ID)
Vikidia article ID: en:Swahili_language
MediaWiki page ID: 6800

Swahili (Vikidia article ID)
Vikidia article ID: fr:Swahili
MediaWiki page ID: 64319

Swahili (has characteristic)
has characteristic: agreement

Swahili (maintained by WikiProject)
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Languages

Swahili (maintained by WikiProject)
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Tanzania

Swahili (maintained by WikiProject)
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Kenya

Swahili (maintained by WikiProject)
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Uganda

Swahili (maintained by WikiProject)
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Rwanda

Swahili (TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID)
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID: sevahili

Swahili (has part(s))
has part(s): Bajuni dialect

Swahili (has part(s))
has part(s): Bravanese

Swahili (has part(s))
has part(s): Sidi

Swahili (has part(s))
has part(s): Socotra Swahili

Swahili (has part(s))
has part(s): Congo Swahili

Swahili (has part(s))
has part(s): Kiamu

Swahili (has part(s))
has part(s): Kiunguja

Swahili (has part(s))
has part(s): Kihadimu

Swahili (has part(s))
has part(s): Kingozi

Swahili (has part(s))
has part(s): Kiswahili

Swahili (category for music in this language)
category for music in this language: Category:Swahili-language music

Swahili (coordinate location)
coordinate location: Point(33 -6)

Swahili (topic has template)
topic has template: Q61684579

Swahili (Wellcome Collection concept ID)
Wellcome Collection concept ID: qbgkfysn

Swahili (UMLS CUI)
UMLS CUI: C0038977

Swahili (NCI Thesaurus ID)
NCI Thesaurus ID: C154145
NCI Thesaurus ID: NCIT C154145
subject named as: Swahili Language
scope note: A Niger-Congo Bantu language spoken by the Swahili people throughout eastern and south-eastern Africa.
broader concept: Bantu

Swahili (Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026))
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026): 19OvqA
subject named as: 斯瓦希里语
last update: 2025-05-29T00:00:00Z

Swahili (Interlingual Index ID)
Interlingual Index ID: i73418

Swahili (WordNet 3.1 Synset ID)
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 07008452-n