Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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.
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
Ti amo
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Scusami
Samahani
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Lazio
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Dar es Salaam
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Kilwa
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
Origin
960 BC
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Swahili
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
ital1282
swah1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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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.