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 404 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
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| Plural: CLDR plural with zero 1 translation | ||
| Number of plurals | 3 | |
| Plural type | Zero/one/other | |
| Plurals | Zero | 0 | One | 1 |
| Other | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, … | |
| Plural formula |
n==0 ? 0 : n==1 ? 1 : 2
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| Plural: Qt Linguist plural 8 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)
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String statistics
| Strings percent | Hosted strings | Words percent | Hosted words | Characters percent | Hosted characters | |
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| Total | 100,748 | 777,245 | 5,070,607 | |||
| Approved | 3% | 3,824 | 4% | 38,172 | 4% | 247,753 |
| Waiting for review | 18% | 18,667 | 18% | 142,147 | 17% | 887,840 |
| Translated | 23% | 23,186 | 23% | 183,367 | 22% | 1,157,219 |
| Needs editing | 10% | 10,396 | 9% | 75,513 | 10% | 516,547 |
| Read-only | 1% | 695 | 1% | 3,048 | 1% | 21,626 |
| Failing checks | 4% | 4,931 | 6% | 48,274 | 6% | 336,918 |
| Strings with suggestions | 4% | 4,173 | 2% | 20,307 | 2% | 133,201 |
| Untranslated strings | 66% | 67,166 | 66% | 518,365 | 66% | 3,396,841 |
Quick numbers
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Hosted words
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+6%
Hosted strings
+100%
+4%
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+19%
+8%
Contributors
+100%
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