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Macedonian and Swahili


Swahili and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Habari  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Asante  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
tafadhali  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
pole  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
bye  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Debar  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
macédonien  
swahili  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southern  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Swahili  

Language Position
45  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
swa  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
swa  

ISO 639 6
mkd  
swa  

Glottocode
mace1250  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
-  

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

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Macedonian and Swahili Speaking population

Macedonian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % 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 Macedonian and Swahili on Macedonian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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