| Name | Swahili language |
| Ethnologue status | |
| Language family | Niger–Congo languages |
| Office | |
| IETF | |
| Alphabet | Latin script |
| ISO 6391 | sw |
| ISO 6392 | swa |
| ISO 6393 | swa – inclusive code [ISO_639_macrolanguage]$#$Individual codes:$#$swc –Congo Swahili$#$swh –Coastal Swahili$#$ymk –Makwe [Makwe_language]$#$wmw –Mwani [Mwani_language] |
| Speakers (people) | 45,000,000 (2012) |
| Manuscript | |
| Micronation | |
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| Former country | |
| Is a dialect | Yes |