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Character Frequency: Swahili (Kiswahili)
Below you can see a table showing the frequencies of letters, as they occur in the Swahili language. This list was created with the
Unicode Counter, which is integrated in the WordCreator. Basis of this list were some Swahili texts with together 2.068.457 characters (321.456 words), 1.677.642 characters were used for the counting. The texts consist of a good mix of different literary genres. Of course, if other texts were used as a basis, the result would be slightly different.
The list may only be used together with the publishing of the internet adress stefantrost.de and the prior consent of Stefan Trost (
contact).
The left list is sorted according to the letters, the right list in accordance with the frequency of the letters. Accordingly, the letters A, I and K are the most common letters in the Swahili language.
| Character | Frequency |
| A | 20,15% |
| B | 1,84% |
| C | 1,15% |
| D | 1,85% |
| E | 5,86% |
| F | 0,87% |
| G | 1,56% |
| H | 2,92% |
| I | 11,05% |
| J | 1,20% |
| K | 7,19% |
| L | 3,49% |
| M | 4,74% |
| N | 6,44% |
| O | 3,84% |
| P | 1,11% |
| R | 2,43% |
| S | 3,29% |
| T | 3,54% |
| U | 6,41% |
| V | 0,73% |
| W | 4,22% |
| Y | 2,75% |
| Z | 1,23% |
| Character | Frequency |
| A | 20,15% |
| I | 11,05% |
| K | 7,19% |
| N | 6,44% |
| U | 6,41% |
| E | 5,86% |
| M | 4,74% |
| W | 4,22% |
| O | 3,84% |
| T | 3,54% |
| L | 3,49% |
| S | 3,29% |
| H | 2,92% |
| Y | 2,75% |
| R | 2,43% |
| D | 1,85% |
| B | 1,84% |
| G | 1,56% |
| Z | 1,23% |
| J | 1,20% |
| C | 1,15% |
| P | 1,11% |
| F | 0,87% |
| V | 0,73% |
Usage Note
The list may only be used together with the publishing of the internet adress stefantrost.de and the prior consent of Stefan Trost (contact). If you need additional lists, for example in a different sorting or on the basis of another source, we can provide this list for only five euros. Simply write to us.
The Swahili Alphabet
In this table you can see all letters which are used in the Swahili alphabet. The headers of the columns show the basic letters from the Latin Alphabet. Thereunder you can see the letters from the Latin Alphabet which can be found in the Swahili alphabet. Under this, you can see all letters derived from the basic Latin Alphabet.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | | R | S | T | U | V |
W | |
Y | Z |
The Swahili Alphabet knows 24 characters. It consists of all basic letters from the Latin Alphabet excepting Q and X.