Summary

Language code sw
Aliased language codes swa, swh
English name of the language Swahili
Text direction Left to right
Case sensitivity Case-sensitive
Number of speakers 194,102,079
Plural: Default plural 694 translations
Number of plurals 2
Plural type One/other
Plurals Singular 1
Plural 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
Plural formula n != 1
Plural: Qt Linguist plural 0 translations
Number of plurals 2
Plural type One/other
Plurals Singular 1
Plural 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …
Plural formula (n != 1)
05/20/2026

String statistics

Strings percent Hosted strings Words percent Hosted words Characters percent Hosted characters
Total 32,599 657,514 4,666,687
Approved 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0
Waiting for review 1% 382 1% 3,987 1% 26,422
Translated 1% 403 1% 4,043 1% 26,873
Needs editing 1% 48 1% 501 1% 3,324
Read-only 1% 21 1% 56 1% 451
Failing checks 1% 33 1% 425 1% 3,256
Strings with suggestions 1% 128 1% 1,750 1% 13,576
Untranslated strings 98% 32,148 99% 652,970 99% 4,636,490

Quick numbers

657 k
Hosted words
32,599
Hosted strings
1%
Translated
and previous 30 days

Trends of last 30 days

+16%
Hosted words
+100%
+17%
Hosted strings
+100%
−1%
Translated
+1%
Contributors
User avatar mt:weblate-translation-memory

Suggestion added

05/15/2026
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Resource updated

The “po/sw.po” file was changed. 05/11/2026
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Resource updated

The “po/sw.po” file was changed. 04/22/2026
User avatar mt:weblate-translation-memory

Suggestion added

04/16/2026
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Resource updated

File “sw.tbx” was added. 04/10/2026
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Changes committed

Changes committed 04/10/2026
User avatar rffontenelle

Extra flags updated

04/09/2026
User avatar rffontenelle

Extra flags updated

04/09/2026
User avatar rffontenelle

Extra flags updated

04/09/2026
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Resource updated

File “po/sw/f27/pages/advanced/Upgrading_Your_Current_System.po” was added. 04/09/2026
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