Catalan

Swahili

Catalan and Swahili

Catalan

Swahili

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Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Spain

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe

Africa

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

Interesting Facts

Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.

Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Latin

Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2724

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

0 32

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How Many Consonants

2321

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks36 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Hola

Habari

Thank You

Gràcies

Asante

How Are You?

Com estàs?

Habari gani?

Good Night

Bona nit

Usiku mwema

Good Evening

Bona nit

Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda

nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

Bon dia

Habari za asubuhi

Please

Sisplau

tafadhali

Sorry

Perdó!

pole

Bye

Adéu

bye

I Love You

T'estimo

nakupenda

Excuse Me

Dispensi!

Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló

Kiunguja

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain

Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

440,000.0075,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Valencian

Kimrima

Where They Speak

Spain

Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.0075,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan

Kimgao

Where They Speak

Spain

Kilwa

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0075,000,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

812

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million150.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.42 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

4.10 million15.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million75.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

català

Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

catalan; valencien

swahili

German Name

Katalanisch

Swahili

Pronunciation

[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Catalan people

Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

c. 1028

6th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance

Benue-Congo

Branch

Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan

No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Swahili

Language Position

3221

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan

Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat

swa

ISO 639 2/B

cat

swa

ISO 639 3

cat

swa

ISO 639 6

cat

swa

Glottocode

stan1289

swah1254

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e

99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Catalan and Swahili Alphabets

Catalan and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Swahili. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Catalan and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Swahili languages. The Catalan phonology consist Catalan vowels and Catalan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Catalan greetings vs Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

All Catalan and Swahili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Catalan and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Catalan and Swahili Speaking population

Catalan and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Catalan and Swahili on Catalan vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Swahili Language Codes

Catalan and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.