Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
nakupenda
Excuse Me
pardon
Samahani
Dialect 1
Gronings
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Not Available
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
swahili
German Name
Niederländisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
AD 450-500
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
swah1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
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.