How many letters are in the Swahili alphabet?

Answer 1

Swahili is an African language spoken in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and many other countries in Africa. There are two alphabets in use. One is derived from the English or Latin alphabet, the other from the Arabic.

• English: The Swahili alphabet has 24 letters and uses the same alphabet as English. The letter C is unnecessary and is only used with other letters. All letters are used except X and Q.
• Arabic: There are 32 consonants and several diacritics to modify consonants into vowels in use when writing Swahili in Arabic script.

Answer 2

There are 24 letters in the standard Swahili alphabet.

Swahili does not use the letters Q and X. There are two digraphs for native sounds, ch and sh; c is not used apart from unassimilated English loans and, occasionally, as a substitute for k in advertisements. There are also several digraphs for Arabic sounds not distinguished in pronunciation outside of traditional Swahili areas.

Answer 3

Swahili has had 2 alphabets in its history: The Arabic alphabet and the Latin alphabet. Today it's only written in the Latin alphabet.

Answer 4

thirty