Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Habari
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Asante
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Молим (Molim)
tafadhali
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
pole
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
bye
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Serbia
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Kilwa
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
serbe
swahili
German Name
Serbisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
11th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
serb1264
swah1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Serbian and Swahili Speaking population
Serbian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % 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 Serbian and Swahili on Serbian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Serbian and Swahili Language Codes
Serbian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.