Swahili (sw)

Complete reference for the sw locale — live Intl API output, CLDR plural rules, and framework config snippets.

Referință locale

Metadate locale

Cod BCP 47sw

Nume nativKiswahili

Nume în englezăSwahili

Limbăsw

RegiuneNiciuna (locale de bază)

ScriereLatn

Direcția textuluiDe la stânga la dreapta (LTR)

Categorii de plural CLDRone, other

Vorbitori estimați~200,000,000

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

Short31/10/2026

Medium31 Okt 2026

Long31 Oktoba 2026

FullJumamosi, 31 Oktoba 2026

NumberFormat

Decimal1,234,567.89

Currency (USD)US$ 9.99

Percent75%

Compact1.2M

RelativeTimeFormat

siku 3 zilizopita

Output for: -3 days ago

ListFormat

apples, oranges na bananas

Conjunction list: apples, oranges, bananas

CLDR Plural Rules

Categories supported by sw: one, other

oneExample number: 1

→ one

otherExample number: 100

→ other

Framework Config Snippets

next-intl

// next-intl configuration
// next.config.ts
import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin();
export default withNextIntl({});

// i18n/routing.ts
import { defineRouting } from 'next-intl/routing';
export const routing = defineRouting({
  locales: ['sw', 'en'],
  defaultLocale: 'en',
});

react-intl

// react-intl configuration
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
import messages from './messages/sw.json';

function App() {
  return (
    <IntlProvider locale="sw" messages={messages}>
      {/* your app */}
    </IntlProvider>
  );
}

i18next

// i18next configuration
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';

i18n
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    lng: 'sw',
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    resources: {
      'sw': {
        translation: require('./locales/sw/translation.json'),
      },
    },
  });

export default i18n;