About Swahili Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Swahili is a popular Bantu language that is spoken in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. It is also widely spoken in Burundi, Mozambique, Oman, Somalia the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa. The total number of native speakers is 98 million. According to a survey in 2012, there are about 47 million speakers in Tanzania and around 34 million in Uganda. You will be surprised to know that there is a small number of speakers in other parts of the world. Swahili is written in the Arabic script and is very much influenced by the Latin alphabet. There are plenty of dialects of Swahili but the modern standard Swahili is based on Kiunguja. Some old dialects include Maho that is distinctive from other dialects. Kimwani is another dialect that is majorly spoken in Mozambique.
About Hawaiian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, The Hawaiian language is the official language of Hawaii. It happens to be one of the oldest languages in the world. This language has an important history but was about to extinct at the end of the 20th century. However, the renaissance of Hawaiian happened and more people are interested in learning it. Currently, this language is used in many schools and even for attaining a master’s degree. Only 0.1% of people in Hawaii are speaking this language as their mother tongue. The major thing about Hawaiian is that there are about four basic rules in it. Nearly all the words end in a vowel and every consonant ends with at least one vowel. Even every syllable ends with a vowel itself. The Hawaiian alphabets contain 113 letters and five vowels. ‘Okina’ is also considered a consonant. Here is the following example that shows kai = sea kaʻi = to lead.
