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Slovak vs Swahili


Swahili vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
38   
27
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
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
Habari   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
Asante   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Prosím   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Pardón!   
pole   

Bye
Dovidenia   
bye   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
slovenčina   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
slovaque   
swahili   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
6th Century   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
swa   

ISO 639 3
slk   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Slovak and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Swahili language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Slovak and Swahili Language History.

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Slovak 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 Slovak and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Swahili language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Slovak vs Swahili Difficulty

The Slovak vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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