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Italian and Swahili


Swahili and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
ciao  
Habari  

Thank You
grazie  
Asante  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Per Favore  
tafadhali  

Sorry
scusate  
pole  

Bye
arrivederci  
bye  

I Love You
Ti amo  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Italiano  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
italien  
swahili  

German Name
Italienisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
960 BC  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Swahili  

Language Position
27  
25
21  
19

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
swa  

ISO 639 3
ita  
swa  

ISO 639 6
itas  
swa  

Glottocode
ital1282  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Italian 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 Italian and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Italian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Italian are spoken in different Italian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Italian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Italian dialects include: Romanesco, Central Italian. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Italian and Swahili Speaking population

Italian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Swahili on Italian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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