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Slovene vs Swahili


Swahili vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Habari  

Thank You
Hvala  
Asante  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Prosim  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Oprostite  
pole  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
bye  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Resian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Slovenščina  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
slovène  
swahili  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
972-1093  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovene  
Swahili  

Language Position
28  
26
21  
19

Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
swa  

ISO 639 3
slv  
swa  

ISO 639 6
slv  
swa  

Glottocode
slov1268  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Slovene and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Swahili language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Swahili Language History.

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

Slovene vs Swahili Difficulty

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

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