| Swahili | English |
| aina ya data | data type (A property of a field that defines the kinds of data the field can store) |
| aina ya data iliyohesabiwa | enumerated data type (A data type consisting of a sequence of named values given in a particular order) |
| Aina ya data mbili | Double data type (A fundamental data type that holds double-precision floating-point numbers. It's stored as a 64-bit number ranging in value from approximately -1.797E308 to -4.940E-324 (negative), from 4.94E-324 to 1.797E308 (positive), and 0) |
| Aina ya data moja | Single data type (A data type that stores single-precision floating-point variables as 32-bit (4-byte) floating-point numbers ranging in value from -3.402823E38 to -1.401298E-45 for negative values and 1.401298E-45 to 3.402823E38 for positive values) |
| Aina ya data ndefu | Long data type (A fundamental data type that holds large integers. A Long variable is stored as a 32-bit number ranging in value from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647) |
