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Dutch vs Swahili


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Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
German and English Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Habari  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Asante  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
alsjeblieft  
tafadhali  

Sorry
sorry  
pole  

Bye
vaarwel  
bye  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Nederlands  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
swahili  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Western  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Swahili  

Language Position
48  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
swa  

ISO 639 3
nld  
swa  

ISO 639 6
nld  
swa  

Glottocode
mode1257  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Dutch and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Swahili language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dutch and Swahili Language History.

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Dutch and Swahili Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dutch and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Swahili language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Swahili Difficulty

The Dutch vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Swahili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dutch and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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