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Romanian and Swahili


Swahili and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
4   
11

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Habari   

Thank You
multumesc   
Asante   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Vă Rog   
tafadhali   

Sorry
scuze   
pole   

Bye
La revedere   
bye   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Dar es Salaam   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Kilwa   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
swahili   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
1521   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Swahili   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
swa   

ISO 639 3
ron   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Romanian and Swahili Speaking population

Romanian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Romanian and Swahili on Romanian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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