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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Serbian and Swahili Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Serbian and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Swahili language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Swahili Difficulty
The Serbian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Swahili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Serbian and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.