Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Austria
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
kako si
Habari gani?
Good Night
laku noć
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
dobra večer
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Habari za asubuhi
I Love You
Volim te
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Samahani
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Croatia
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Croatia
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Kilwa
Native Name
hrvatski
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
croate
swahili
German Name
Kroatisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Croats
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
9th century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
croa1245
swah1254
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Croatian 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 Croatian and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Croatian and Swahili Speaking population
Croatian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Swahili on Croatian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Croatian and Swahili Language Codes
Croatian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.