Countries
Norway
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Norway
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, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Habari gani?
Good Night
god natt
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
god kveld
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
god morgen
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Vær så snill
tafadhali
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
nakupenda
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Samahani
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Sogn
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Kilwa
Native Name
Norsk
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Norsk
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
swahili
German Name
Nynorsk
Swahili
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 1300 AD
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Swahili
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
norw1258
swah1254
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Swahili Speaking population
Norwegian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % 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 Norwegian and Swahili on Norwegian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Swahili Language Codes
Norwegian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.