Estonian and Swahili
Countries
Estonia, European Union
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Finnish
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Habari gani?
Good Night
Head ööd
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Habari za asubuhi
I Love You
ma armastan sind
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Samahani
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Zanzibar island
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Kimgao
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Kilwa
Native Name
eesti keel
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
estonien
swahili
German Name
Estnisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
13th century
6th century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
esto1258
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Estonian 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 Estonian and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Swahili Speaking population
Estonian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % 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 Estonian and Swahili on Estonian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Swahili Language Codes
Estonian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.